Mask
Item number A8429 a-b from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
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Description
Mask (a) made from two separate pieces of wood and joined at centre at an angle with a triangular support at the top. The face is painted with heavy black eyebrows that have arched blue design elements above them, light blue around the eyes, red on the nostrils and lips, a black moustache, a red scalloped line design and a black line curving from the nostrils to the chin, and a blue scalloped design under the mouth. The remainder of the face is painted white. A tuft of feathers affixed to a tapering wooden stick with blue string and off-white adhesive fabric tape (b) fits into a hole at the top of the mask. A pencilled in design is visible on the cheeks.
History Of Use
Tlingit foreigner mask. Belongs to Tlha'sa.
Narrative
Made for Ed Walkus
Item History
- Made by Joe Seaweed (Maker), Charlie George Walkus (Technician) and Willie Seaweed (Maker) in Blunden Harbour, British Columbia, Canada ? or Ba'as, British Columbia, Canada ? during 1940
- Collected in Smith Inlet, British Columbia, Canada and Takus, British Columbia, Canada
- Owned by Chief Edward Walkus
- Owned by James Walkus before June 1964
- Received from H. R. MacMillan (Funding source) and James Walkus (Seller) during June 1964
What
- Name
- Mask
- Identification Number
- A8429 a-b
- Type of Item
- mask
- Material
- wood, feather, paint, fibre, adhesive and dye
- Manufacturing Technique
- carved and painted
- Overall
- height 53.0 cm, width 22.0 cm, depth 24.0 cm
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Blunden Harbour, British Columbia, Canada ? or Ba'as, British Columbia, Canada ?
- Collected in
- Smith Inlet, British Columbia, Canada and Takus, British Columbia, Canada
Who
- Culture
- Kwakwaka'wakw
- Creator
- Joe Seaweed (Maker), Charlie George Walkus (Technician) and Willie Seaweed (Maker)
- Previous Owner
- Chief Edward Walkus and James Walkus
- Received from
- H. R. MacMillan (Funding source) and James Walkus (Seller)
When
- Creation Date
- during 1940
- Ownership Date
- before June 1964
- Acquisition Date
- during June 1964
Other
- Condition
- good
- Current Location
- Case 41
- Accession Number
- 0105/0003 a-b
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