Mask, Sun Item Number: 16/1507 from the American Museum of Natural History
Exhibitions
DOWN FROM THE SHIMMERING SKY (VANCOUVER ART GALLERY, VANCOUVER, CANADA, 1997)
Publications
NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN. MURDOCH, DAVID, 1995, Publisher: EYEWITNESS BOOKS - ALFRED A. KNOPF
DOWN FROM THE SHIMMERING SKY: MASKS OF THE NORTHWEST COAST. MACNAIR, PETER, JOSEPH, AND GRENVILLE EXHIBITION CATALOG, 1990, Publisher: THE VANCOUVER ART GALLERY
FROM THE LAND OF THE TOTEM POLES. JONAITIS, ALDONA, 1988
AMERICA'S FASCINATING INDIAN HERITAGE. MAXWELL, JAMES, EDITOR, 1978, Publisher: READER'S DIGEST
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada
- Collected by George Hunt and Franz Boas
- Received from Morris K. Jesup
What
- Name
- Mask, Sun
- Identification Number
- 16/1507
- Type of Item
- mask
- Material
- wood, pigment, plant fibre and metal
- Overall
- diameter 63.0 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
- SUN