Mask, Transformation, Wolf Item Number: 16/2359 from the American Museum of Natural History

Publications

OBJECTS OF BRIGHT PRIDE: NORTHWEST COAST INDIAN ART FROM THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY.FIRST EDITION. WARDWELL, ALLEN EXHIBITION CATALOG, 1978, Publisher: THE CENTER FOR INTER-AMERICAN RELATIONS AND THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF THE ARTS
OBJECTS OF BRIGHT PRIDE: SECOND EDITION. WARDWELL, ALLEN EXHIBITION CATALOG, 1978
THE KWAKIUTL OF VANCOUVER ISLAND. BOAS, FRANZ MEMOIRS, 8, 1909

Exhibitions

SHADOWS AND STRINGS: PUPPETRY AROUND THE GLOBE (BRUCE MUSEUM OF ARTS AND SCIENCE, GREENWICH, CT, USA, 2003)
OBJECTS OF BRIGHT PRIDE (CENTER FOR INTER-AMER. RELATIONS AND AMER FEDERATION OF ARTS, , USA, 2003)
OBJECTS OF BRIGHT PRIDE (AMERICAN FEDERATION OF ARTS, NEW YORK, NY, USA, 2003)

Item History

What

Name
Mask, Transformation, Wolf
Identification Number
16/2359
Type of Item
mask
Material
wood, pigment, fur, hide, cord, metal and baleen
Overall
length 60.0 cm, width 38.0 cm, height 48.0 cm

Who

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw: Q'o'mogue
Field Collector
George Hunt and Franz Boas
Received from
Morris K. Jesup

Where

Holding Institution
American Museum of Natural History
Made in
Q'o'mogue, Fort Rupert, British Columbia, Canada

Other

Subject
OUTER MASK REPRESENTS WOLF;INNER, RAVEN.