Headdress Item Number: A4241 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Wooden wolf headdress, or mask, adorned with a cedar bark fringe at the top back, and the mask has an elongated snout with pronounced nostrils as well as protruding rounded ears at the top of the head. Made from two pieces of wood joined by nailing. The mask is painted black with grey lines delineating the eyebrows, eye sockets, nostrils, and upper lip. The mask is also painted with green around the eyes, red design elements below the eyes, red and grey designs inside the ears, red nostrils and lips, and grey teeth.
Iconographic Meaning
Represents wolf: atlha'nam. Used in 'Walasaxa also called dlugwala: receiving a treasure.
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada before 1953
- Collected in Blunden Harbour, British Columbia, Canada and Ba'as, British Columbia, Canada
- Owned by Mrs. Paddy Mullet before March 11, 1953
- Received from H. R. MacMillan (Funding source) and Mrs. Paddy Mullet (Seller) on March 11, 1953
What
Who
- Culture
- Kwakwaka'wakw
- Previous Owner
- Mrs. Paddy Mullet
- Received from
- H. R. MacMillan (Funding source) and Mrs. Paddy Mullet (Seller)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
- Collected in
- Blunden Harbour, British Columbia, Canada and Ba'as, British Columbia, Canada
When
- Creation Date
- before 1953
- Ownership Date
- before March 11, 1953
- Acquisition Date
- on March 11, 1953
Other
- Condition
- fair
- Current Location
- Case 27
- Accession Number
- 1935/0001