Mask Item Number: A5302 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Mask, or headdress, representing a fish (sculpin) with a moveable tail and dorsal spines, ridged pectoral fins, two horns at the sides of the head, a movable mouth, and a cedar bark fringe across the top of the head. The mask is painted black with white stripes and scallop designs on the body, red scallops along the back, red spines and horns, black around the edges of the face, green around the eyes, red nostrils with white inside, and red lips. The pectoral fins are painted light orange with black ridges and concentric circles in black, white and red.
Iconographic Meaning
Represents Bullhead, K!wama, sometimes identified as sculpin.
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada
- Owned by Walter C. Koerner before 1972
- Received from Walter C. Koerner (Donor) during 1972
What
Who
- Culture
- Kwakwaka'wakw
- Previous Owner
- Walter C. Koerner
- Received from
- Walter C. Koerner (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
When
- Ownership Date
- before 1972
- Acquisition Date
- during 1972
Other
- Condition
- fair
- Current Location
- Case 40
- Accession Number
- 0160/0053