Headdress
Item number A6378 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
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Description
Wooden wolf headdress, or mask. Elongated snout, pronounced nostrils, a protruding tongue, and protruding rounded ears. The headdress is painted black with red nostrils and lips, red around the eyes, red inner ears, and a curvilinear line over the top of the snout. A separate piece of wood is attached at the back. A piece of fabric is attached behind the wolf's left ear with nails at the side and top of the head.
History Of Use
Used in 'Walasaxa dance; also called dlugwala, receiving a treasure.
Iconographic Meaning
Represents wolf: atlanam.
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada before 1954
- Collected in Kingcome Inlet, British Columbia, Canada and Ukwanalis, British Columbia, Canada
- Owned by Mary Robertson before February 17, 1954
- Received from H. R. MacMillan (Funding source) and Mary Robertson (Seller) on February 17, 1954
What
- Name
- Headdress
- Identification Number
- A6378
- Type of Item
- headdress
- Material
- wood, paint, fibre and metal
- Manufacturing Technique
- carved, nailed and painted
- Overall
- height 15.2 cm, width 17.8 cm, depth 22.9 cm
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
Who
- Culture
- Kwakwaka'wakw
- Previous Owner
- Mary Robertson
- Received from
- H. R. MacMillan (Funding source) and Mary Robertson (Seller)
When
- Creation Date
- before 1954
- Ownership Date
- before February 17, 1954
- Acquisition Date
- on February 17, 1954
Other
- Condition
- fair
- Current Location
- Case 24
- Accession Number
- 2000/0003
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