Mask
Item number A3657 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
Item number A3657 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
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Mask painted white with heavy black eyebrows, black around the eyes with a gill-like design in black over the cheeks, red nostrils and lips, a black moustache, red accentuating the cheeks and sides of the mouth, and a black chin. Two rectangular ears protrude at the sides and are painted red and white separated by a black line. There are also two black oval marks on the mask's right ear and four black oval marks on the mask's left ear. Cord attached at back with a piece of off-white fabric knotted around it.
According to Dr. Ronald Hawker (in his book "Yakuglas’ Legacy: The Art and Times of Charlie James" to be published by University of Toronto Press, 2014) this mask was carved by Arthur Bondsound.
Atlak’am mask, representing Door Keeper of the Woods. Tl!atl!apalagals.
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Mask painted white with heavy black eyebrows, black around the eyes with a gill-like design in black over the cheeks, red nostrils and lips, a black moustache, red accentuating the cheeks and sides of the mouth, and a black chin. Two rectangular ears protrude at the sides and are painted red and white separated by a black line. There are also two black oval marks on the mask's right ear and four black oval marks on the mask's left ear. Cord attached at back with a piece of off-white fabric knotted around it.
According to Dr. Ronald Hawker (in his book "Yakuglas’ Legacy: The Art and Times of Charlie James" to be published by University of Toronto Press, 2014) this mask was carved by Arthur Bondsound.
Atlak’am mask, representing Door Keeper of the Woods. Tl!atl!apalagals.
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