Mask Item Number: A4174 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Mask with overall elongated oval shape, circular eyes and an open mouth. The mask is painted with a red v-shape on the forehead, black eyebrows that curl slightly at the ends, black eyes with red around them, red and black nostrils, a black moustache in two parts, red lips, and five black marks on the chin.
Cultural Context
ceremonial
Narrative
Previously belonged to Jim Charlie's father and said to be not less than 70 years old.
Iconographic Meaning
Speaker mask: hayaq!antalal, see Boas, 1895, fig. 194
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada before 1952
- Collected in Village Island, British Columbia, Canada and 'Mimkwamlis, British Columbia, Canada
- Owned by Jim Charlie before December 16, 1952
- Received from Jim Charlie (Seller) and H. R. MacMillan (Funding source) on December 16, 1952
What
Who
- Culture
- Kwakwaka'wakw
- Previous Owner
- Jim Charlie
- Received from
- Jim Charlie (Seller) and H. R. MacMillan (Funding source)
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 1952
- Ownership Date
- before December 16, 1952
- Acquisition Date
- on December 16, 1952
Other
- Condition
- poor
- Current Location
- Case 27
- Accession Number
- 1849/0004