Mask, Thunderbird Item Number: 16/1443 from the American Museum of Natural History

Exhibitions

OBJECTS OF BRIGHT PRIDE (CENTER FOR INTER-AMER. RELATIONS AND AMER FEDERATION OF ARTS, , USA, 1978)
OBJECTS OF BRIGHT PRIDE (AMERICAN FEDERATION OF ARTS, NEW YORK, NY, USA, 1978)

Publications

OBJECTS OF BRIGHT PRIDE: SECOND EDITION. WARDWELL, ALLEN EXHIBITION CATALOG, 1978
THE MYTHOLOGY OF THE BELLA COOLA INDIANS. BOAS, FRANZ MEMOIRS, 2, 1898

Item History

What

Name
Mask, Thunderbird
Identification Number
16/1443
Type of Item
mask
Material
wood, pigment and metal
Overall
length 29.0 cm, width 20.0 cm, height 21.0 cm

Who

Culture
Nuxalk
Field Collector
George Hunt and Franz Boas
Received from
Morris K. Jesup

Where

Holding Institution
American Museum of Natural History
Made in
British Columbia, Canada

Other

Subject
THUNDERBIRD