Mask
Item number A6214 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
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Description
Sneezer mask. Wooden mask with a hooked nose, slightly protruding eyes and eyebrows, and a mouth with a movable lower jaw. The mask is painted with black eyebrows, red nostrils and lips, and red lines emphasizing the cheekbones. There is brown around the eyes and a scalloped brown design to the sides of the mouth. The chin is also brown, and the remainder of the face is painted white. A cedar bark fringe hangs from the top of the head, short on the sides, and extends below the bottom of the mask.
History Of Use
Dancer tickles the nose with a bundle of cedar bark (C. George, 1966).
Iconographic Meaning
Mask represents Sneezer, Asaxagamlh of the atłaamł.
Item History
- Made by George Walkus (Maker) in British Columbia, Canada before 1953
- Collected in Smith Inlet, British Columbia, Canada and Takus, British Columbia, Canada
- Owned by Chief Edward Walkus before September 25, 1953
- Received from H. R. MacMillan (Funding source) and Chief Edward Walkus (Seller) on September 25, 1953
What
- Name
- Mask
- Identification Number
- A6214
- Type of Item
- mask
- Material
- metal, cedar bark, wood, paint, fibre and dye
- Manufacturing Technique
- carved and painted
- Overall
- height 38.0 cm, width 23.0 cm, depth 19.5 cm
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
- Collected in
- Smith Inlet, British Columbia, Canada and Takus, British Columbia, Canada
Who
- Culture
- Kwakwaka'wakw
- Creator
- George Walkus (Maker)
- Previous Owner
- Chief Edward Walkus
- Received from
- H. R. MacMillan (Funding source) and Chief Edward Walkus (Seller)
When
- Creation Date
- before 1953
- Ownership Date
- before September 25, 1953
- Acquisition Date
- on September 25, 1953
Other
- Condition
- fair
- Current Location
- Case 24
- Accession Number
- 1975/0002
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