Mask Item Number: A5267 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Male human mask with articulated ears, a large, protruding nose, sunken eyes, and fake fur attached as mustache and eyebrows. Cord ties at back. Canvas-like material nailed along the top to create a hood.
Iconographic Meaning
Represents fool, nulamala, helper of the Hamats!a. See Boas, 1895, pp468-471, pl 34 fig. 117-123.
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada
- Owned by Walter C. Koerner before 1972
- Received from Walter C. Koerner (Donor) during 1972
What
- Name
- Mask
- Identification Number
- A5267
- Type of Item
- mask
- Material
- alder wood, synthetic fibre, fibre and metal
- Manufacturing Technique
- carved and darkened
- Overall
- height 29.0 cm, width 23.0 cm, depth 19.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Kwakwaka'wakw
- Previous Owner
- Walter C. Koerner
- Received from
- Walter C. Koerner (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
When
- Ownership Date
- before 1972
- Acquisition Date
- during 1972
Other
- Condition
- fair
- Current Location
- Case 35
- Accession Number
- 0160/0019