Headdress Item Number: A3633 a from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Hawk with a crane's neck and head above the body of the hawk. The neck of the crane forms an extension of the hawk's neck. Wings consist of slats of wood and canvas. Both heads move together, controlled by strings that hand from the front and inside of the mask. Colours are black, green, blue, red, yellow and white.
Narrative
Made in Bella Bella for Alice Hunt's great-grandfather (M. Martin, 1951).
Iconographic Meaning
Crane and hawk headdress
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada before 1951
- Collected in Fort Rupert, British Columbia, Canada and Tsaxis, British Columbia, Canada
- Owned by Jonathan Hunt before November 1951
- Received from Jonathan Hunt (Seller) and H. R. MacMillan (Funding source) during November 1951
What
Who
- Culture
- Kwakwaka'wakw
- Previous Owner
- Jonathan Hunt
- Received from
- Jonathan Hunt (Seller) and H. R. MacMillan (Funding source)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
- Collected in
- Fort Rupert, British Columbia, Canada and Tsaxis, British Columbia, Canada
When
- Creation Date
- before 1951
- Ownership Date
- before November 1951
- Acquisition Date
- during November 1951
Other
- Condition
- fair
- Current Location
- Case 40
- Accession Number
- 1913/0026 a