Mask Item Number: A6343 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Small mask depicting a human face with circular eyes and mouth. Cedar bark fringe nailed at top of head with a tuft of off-white fibre. The mask is painted white with faint black lines on the forehead and a black shape at the centre of the forehead, black eyebrows, red linear designs on the cheeks and nose, black on the tip of the nose, black around the red mouth, black on the chin, and two black curving lines to either side of the chin. Off-white and green string attached at back of mask.
History Of Use
Mask represents a child; mask appears in the atłaamł series. May represent one of the children of A6342, a Mother giving birth mask.
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada before 1953
- Collected in Village Island, British Columbia, Canada and 'Mimkwamlis, British Columbia, Canada
- Owned by Alice Mountain before December 22, 1953
- Received from H. R. MacMillan (Funding source) and Alice Mountain (Seller) on December 22, 1953
What
Who
- Culture
- Kwakwaka'wakw
- Previous Owner
- Alice Mountain
- Received from
- H. R. MacMillan (Funding source) and Alice Mountain (Seller)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
- Collected in
- Village Island, British Columbia, Canada and 'Mimkwamlis, British Columbia, Canada
When
- Creation Date
- before 1953
- Ownership Date
- before December 22, 1953
- Acquisition Date
- on December 22, 1953
Other
- Condition
- fair
- Current Location
- Case 24
- Accession Number
- 2013/0007