Mask Item Number: A3675 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Carved wooden, crooked beak mask. The beak has red circular shaped nostrils with a red and white s-shape followed by a series of black and white s-shapes. Running from the brow is a large central black frill, outlined in white, that protrudes outward, curves downwards, then in upon itself. The mouth is red, flat and protruding. The underside of the beak is black. The bottom parts of the beak are hinged with rectangular pieces of rubber. The eyes are black, outlined in white and red on a white ovoid shaped ground; brow is black. The inside of the mask is hollow with the exception of pieces of fibre twine that articulates the beak. The back has a rectangular piece of wood. The top has small bundles of small stripes of cedar bark; top and side edges are lined with a twisted cedar braid. Hanging from the back are long strips of bark; along the bottom edge are pieces of twine that hold remnants of cedar strips. The mask is painted black, white and red with Northwest Coast stylized forms.
History Of Use
Worn by Hamats!a.
Iconographic Meaning
Crooked Beak of the Sky, Galugwadzawe', a servant of Cannibal at North End of World, Baxbakwalanuksiwe'.
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada before 1951
- Collected in Hopetown, British Columbia, Canada and Hegam's, British Columbia, Canada
- Owned by Chief Williams before November 1951
- Received from H. R. MacMillan (Funding source) and Chief Williams (Seller) during November 1951
What
- Name
- Mask
- Identification Number
- A3675
- Type of Item
- mask
- Material
- metal, cedar bark, wood, paint, fibre and synthetic rubber
- Manufacturing Technique
- carved, painted and nailed
- Overall
- height 83.0 cm, width 34.1 cm, depth 75.4 cm
Who
- Culture
- Kwakwaka'wakw
- Previous Owner
- Chief Williams
- Received from
- H. R. MacMillan (Funding source) and Chief Williams (Seller)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
- Collected in
- Hopetown, British Columbia, Canada and Hegam's, British Columbia, Canada
When
- Creation Date
- before 1951
- Ownership Date
- before November 1951
- Acquisition Date
- during November 1951
Other
- Condition
- good
- Current Location
- Case 35
- Accession Number
- 1922/0005