Mask Item Number: A3681 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Face mask painted in black, green, white and red. Black forehead, heavy black brows that extend down to black cheeks, nose and chin. The area around the eyes is green with a scalloped bottom edge, bordered by white. The eyes themselves are black solid circles, with white around them. The nostrils and lips are red, with black and white around the mouth; both sides have a set of three vertical white carved and painted lines.
Iconographic Meaning
Identified as Qomokwigemlh, Undersea Chief (M. Martin, 1951).
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada before 1951
- Collected in Kingcome Inlet, British Columbia, Canada and Ukwanalis, British Columbia, Canada
- Owned by Tom Patch Wamiss before January 1951
- Received from H. R. MacMillan (Funding source) and Tom Patch Wamiss (Seller) during January 1951
What
Who
- Culture
- Kwakwaka'wakw
- Previous Owner
- Tom Patch Wamiss
- Received from
- H. R. MacMillan (Funding source) and Tom Patch Wamiss (Seller)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
- Collected in
- Kingcome Inlet, British Columbia, Canada and Ukwanalis, British Columbia, Canada
When
- Creation Date
- before 1951
- Ownership Date
- before January 1951
- Acquisition Date
- during January 1951
Other
- Condition
- fair
- Current Location
- Case 40
- Accession Number
- 1902/0001