Mask
Item number A4133 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
Item number A4133 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
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Carved wooden, crooked beak mask with three smaller crooked beaked birds on the top and sides. Each small bird has an open beak and is detailed in a similar fashion to the larger mask. The beak has red u-shaped nostrils detailed with white s-shapes and a central frill that protrudes out and curves inward to the centre of the beak. The mouth is red, flat and protruding; bottom part of jaw is hinged with rectangular pieces of leather. The face is black with white and red detailing. The eyes are white outlined in black and red on a white, ovoid shaped ground; brow is black. The inside of the mask is hollow with the exception of twisted fibre twine to secure the mask to the head. Attached to the top and side edges are short, bundled cedar stripes. The mask is painted black, white and red with Northwest Coast stylized forms.
Worn by Hamats!a dancer.
Represents Crooked Beak of Heaven, Galugwadzawe', one of the servants of Baxbakwalanuxsiwe', cannibal at the north end of the world.
Inherited from Sarah Johnson's grandfather, Leslie Nelson to his son Alex Nelson, to Alex's son Leslie Nelson, to Alex's grandson William Johnson Jr., who was supposed to be dancing with it in 1950, but someone else danced for him. It is an old Nelson family 'heirloom' from Kingcome.
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Worn by Hamats!a dancer.
Represents Crooked Beak of Heaven, Galugwadzawe', one of the servants of Baxbakwalanuxsiwe', cannibal at the north end of the world.
Inherited from Sarah Johnson's grandfather, Leslie Nelson to his son Alex Nelson, to Alex's son Leslie Nelson, to Alex's grandson William Johnson Jr., who was supposed to be dancing with it in 1950, but someone else danced for him. It is an old Nelson family 'heirloom' from Kingcome.
Carved wooden, crooked beak mask with three smaller crooked beaked birds on the top and sides. Each small bird has an open beak and is detailed in a similar fashion to the larger mask. The beak has red u-shaped nostrils detailed with white s-shapes and a central frill that protrudes out and curves inward to the centre of the beak. The mouth is red, flat and protruding; bottom part of jaw is hinged with rectangular pieces of leather. The face is black with white and red detailing. The eyes are white outlined in black and red on a white, ovoid shaped ground; brow is black. The inside of the mask is hollow with the exception of twisted fibre twine to secure the mask to the head. Attached to the top and side edges are short, bundled cedar stripes. The mask is painted black, white and red with Northwest Coast stylized forms.
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