Headdress Item Number: A6377 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Headdress formed of six small hamatsa masks--painted black, white and red--secured to a semicircular band of metal. Tufts of shredded cedar bark on top of heads. Wire ties attached at either end of the metal band.
History Of Use
"Hamatsa all around" headdress. Worn during ceremonial dances.
Narrative
Made for Jim Howard's daughter (D. Hawkins, 1966). Obtained from Gilford Island and brought there from Blunden Harbour for a marriage (Billy Sandy Willie, 1966).
Item History
- Made by Jim Howard (Maker) in British Columbia, Canada during 1919
- Collected in Kingcome Inlet, British Columbia, Canada and Ukwanalis, British Columbia, Canada
- Owned by Mary Robertson before February 17, 1954
- Received from H. R. MacMillan (Funding source) and Mary Robertson (Seller) on February 17, 1954
What
Who
- Culture
- Kwakwaka'wakw
- Creator
- Jim Howard (Maker)
- Previous Owner
- Mary Robertson
- Received from
- H. R. MacMillan (Funding source) and Mary Robertson (Seller)
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
When
- Creation Date
- during 1919
- Ownership Date
- before February 17, 1954
- Acquisition Date
- on February 17, 1954
Other
- Condition
- fair
- Current Location
- Case 26
- Accession Number
- 2000/0002