Mask, Q'0'mogoa, With Cloth Drape Item Number: 16/2370 from the American Museum of Natural History

Publications

CHIEFLY FEASTS: THE ART OF THE POTLATCH. FREED, STANLEY A., 1997, Publisher: POMEGRANATE
CHIEFLY FEASTS: THE ENDURING KWAKIUTL POTLACH. JONAITIS, ALDONA EXHIBITION CATALOG, 1991
AMERICA'S FASCINATING INDIAN HERITAGE. MAXWELL, JAMES, EDITOR, 1978, Publisher: READER'S DIGEST
THE KWAKIUTL OF VANCOUVER ISLAND. BOAS, FRANZ MEMOIRS, 8, 1909

Exhibitions

TOTEMS TO TURQUOISE (AMNH, NEW YORK, NY, USA, 2004)
CHIEFLY FEASTS: THE ENDURING KWAKIUTL POTLATCH (AMNH, NEW YORK, NY, USA, 2004)

Item History

What

Name
Mask, Q'0'mogoa, With Cloth Drape
Identification Number
16/2370
Type of Item
mask
Material
wood, iron metal, cloth, rubber, pigment, cord and feather
Cloth
length 112.0 cm

Who

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

Where

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

Other

Subject
KUMUGWE' (CHIEF OF THE SEA)