Dance Screen Item Number: A4024 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Large white cotton dance screen with black design. The screen is made from three pieces of fabric sewn together. The design is a thunderbird motif in profile with wings and claws extended. There is a bear-like figure on the torso. There are blue and red stamps near the bottom left edge.
Cultural Context
Ceremonial screen used as partition in house, through which dancers appear.
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada
- Collected in British Columbia, Canada
- Owned by Glen O. Johnson before April 17, 1953
- Received from H. R. MacMillan (Funding source) and Glen O. Johnson (Seller) on April 17, 1953
What
- Name
- Dance Screen
- Identification Number
- A4024
- Type of Item
- screen
- Material
- charcoal pigment and cotton fibre
- Manufacturing Technique
- painted
- Overall
- height 2.6 m, width 4.1 m
Who
- Culture
- Kwakwaka'wakw
- Previous Owner
- Glen O. Johnson
- Received from
- H. R. MacMillan (Funding source) and Glen O. Johnson (Seller)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
- Collected in
- British Columbia, Canada
When
- Ownership Date
- before April 17, 1953
- Acquisition Date
- on April 17, 1953
Other
- Item Classes
- textiles
- Condition
- poor
- Accession Number
- 1984/0003