Mask Item Number: A3686 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Mask consisting of a large duck-like carving, with a face mask hanging from its front, attached by wires. The mask is white with green around they eyes and in a scalloped pattern around the mouth, red lips and nostrils, and red and black oval shapes at the centre of the forehead. The bird has an unpainted beak with red painted borders, green around the eyes, and a white head and neck with an unpainted back.
Iconographic Meaning
Represents Undersea Chief, Q!umugwe' and Diver: K!ixk!axis (T.P. Wamiss, 1951).
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada before 1951
- Collected in Kingcome Inlet, British Columbia, Canada and Ukwanalis, British Columbia, Canada
- Owned by Tom Patch Wamiss before January 1951
- Received from H. R. MacMillan (Funding source) and Tom Patch Wamiss (Seller) during January 1951
What
Who
- Culture
- Kwakwaka'wakw
- Previous Owner
- Tom Patch Wamiss
- Received from
- H. R. MacMillan (Funding source) and Tom Patch Wamiss (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
- before 1951
- Ownership Date
- before January 1951
- Acquisition Date
- during January 1951
Other
- Condition
- fair
- Current Location
- Case 40
- Accession Number
- 1902/0006