Mask Item Number: A3822 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Mask with a slightly flattened face, prominent eyebrows, slightly bulging eyes, a nose with a bent bridge and pointed tip, and an upturned mouth with lips pointed at the centre. The mask is painted grey with black eyebrows, red with white lines above the eyes, black around trhe eyes and over the top of the nose, black lines across the cheeks and over the middle of the nose bridge, red nostrils with black outlines, red and white designs on the cheeks, a black moustache and chin beard, and red lips. There is also a slightly tapering cylindrical piece of wood attached at the top centre at an angle with a horizontal wooden crossbar behind it and two thinner segments of wood, each with a hole at the end, attached to the crossbar at an angle on each side. Ametal hook-like attachment is nailed to the centre of the crossbar.
Iconographic Meaning
Represents Undersea Chief: Q!umugwe' (B. Willie, 1966).
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada before 1952
- Collected in Kingcome Inlet, British Columbia, Canada and Ukwanalis, British Columbia, Canada
- Owned by Tom Patch Wamiss before June 1952
- Received from H. R. MacMillan (Funding source) and Tom Patch Wamiss (Seller) during June 1952
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 1952
- Ownership Date
- before June 1952
- Acquisition Date
- during June 1952
Other
- Condition
- fair
- Current Location
- Case 40
- Accession Number
- 1896/0003