Mask
Item number A8055 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
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Description
Mask with small circular eye holes, a long, hooked nose, high cheek bones, protruding eyebrows, and lips that form an oval shape. The eyebrows, base of nose and moustache are in black, the nose, cheekbones and mouth are red, and the remainder of the face is painted grey with mottled red and black on the chin, three lines of red on on side of the face, and two red lines on the other side of the face. Black moss has been nailed to the mask under the nose, to the sides of the mouth, to the sides of the cheeks, and at the top of the head.
Iconographic Meaning
Portrait of a white man. Or, may represent a Nuu-chah-nulth version of a Kwagiulh Bak!was, chief of drowned spirits (P. Macnair, 1975).
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada before 1962
- Collected in Quatsino, British Columbia, Canada and Xwatis, British Columbia, Canada between 1950 and 1962
- Owned by Edith Bevan Cross before July 30, 1962
- Received from Edith Bevan Cross (Seller) and H. R. MacMillan (Funding source) on July 30, 1962
What
- Name
- Mask
- Identification Number
- A8055
- Type of Item
- mask
- Material
- moss, wood, paint and metal
- Manufacturing Technique
- carved and painted
- Overall
- height 12.5 in, width 6.5 in
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
- Collected in
- Quatsino, British Columbia, Canada and Xwatis, British Columbia, Canada
Who
- Culture
- Kwakwaka'wakw
- Previous Owner
- Edith Bevan Cross
- Received from
- Edith Bevan Cross (Seller) and H. R. MacMillan (Funding source)
When
- Creation Date
- before 1962
- Collection Date
- between 1950 and 1962
- Ownership Date
- before July 30, 1962
- Acquisition Date
- on July 30, 1962
Other
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 0081/0052
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