Mask
Item number A3786 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
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Description
Mask of a head with a long nose and tongue. Wings with four feathers jut out to the sides, from the top of hte head; wings are attached to the mask with moveable leather hinges. Painted red, black, green, and white.
History Of Use
Doug Cranmer (1994) said that this mask, one of 4 "weather masks", is to be used in a dance by women, including young girls.
Iconographic Meaning
Ni'na'lalheml (Mungo Martin, 1952). Weather forehead mask. Variously described as Sunrise Dance, Weather Dance and Dance of the Wind. See Nanaqaualil, Boas 1895, pp. 410-411, Pl. 35, 3, Figs. 126-128.
Doug Cranmer (1994) has also said that this is one of four "weather masks".
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada before 1952
- Collected in Kingcome Inlet, British Columbia, Canada and Ukwanalis, British Columbia, Canada
- Owned by Tom Patch Wamiss before April 1952
- Received from H. R. MacMillan (Funding source) and Tom Patch Wamiss (Seller) during April 1952
What
- Name
- Mask
- Identification Number
- A3786
- Type of Item
- mask
- Material
- leather skin, metal, wood and paint
- Manufacturing Technique
- carved and painted
- Overall
- height 16.0 cm, width 47.0 cm, depth 45.0 cm
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
- Collected in
- Kingcome Inlet, British Columbia, Canada and Ukwanalis, British Columbia, Canada
Who
- Culture
- Kwakwaka'wakw
- Previous Owner
- Tom Patch Wamiss
- Received from
- H. R. MacMillan (Funding source) and Tom Patch Wamiss (Seller)
When
- Creation Date
- before 1952
- Ownership Date
- before April 1952
- Acquisition Date
- during April 1952
Other
- Condition
- good
- Current Location
- Case 37
- Accession Number
- 1899/0005
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