Mask

Item number A17152 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.

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Description

Carved wooden, crooked beak mask. The beak has red ovoid shaped, cutout nostrils. Running from the brow is a large, protruding, central black frill that curves upwards and circles downwards to the top, tip of the beak; detailed with a wide red band with white curved incisions. Running from the bottom of the beak is a central black circular ridge that mirrors the one on top; detailed with red band and a black and white ovoid. The mouth is red, flat, wide and protruding. 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; the brow is black. The inside of the mask is hollow with the exception of pieces of fibre cord with a piece of wood on the end; articulates the beak. Attached to the top is a wooden crest with red split u-forms on a white ground. The top and sides have small bundles of cedar tied with green twine. The mask is painted black, white and red with Northwest Coast stylized forms.

History Of Use

Crooked-beak mask.

Item History

Made by Willie Seaweed (Maker) in Blunden Harbour, British Columbia, Canada ? or Ba'as, British Columbia, Canada ? before 1967
Owned by Walter C. Koerner before January 1973
Received from Walter C. Koerner (Donor) during January 1973

What

Name: Mask
Identification Number: A17152
Type of Item: mask
Material: cedar wood, fibre, paint, cedar bark, synthetic rubber, metal and wood
Manufacturing Technique: carved, braided, tied and painted
Overall: height 60.5 cm, width 27.7 cm, depth 78.7 cm