Mask, Dzonokwa Item Number: 16/2376 from the American Museum of Natural History

Exhibitions

CHIEFLY FEASTS: THE ENDURING KWAKIUTL POTLATCH (AMNH, NEW YORK, NY, USA, 1991)

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
FROM THE LAND OF THE TOTEM POLES. JONAITIS, ALDONA, 1988
THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, DEPARTMENT OF ANTHROPOLOGY. FREED, STANLEY A. AMERICAN INDIAN ART MAGAZINE, 1980
THE KWAKIUTL OF VANCOUVER ISLAND. BOAS, FRANZ MEMOIRS, 8, 1909

Item History

What

Name
Mask, Dzonokwa
Identification Number
16/2376
Type of Item
mask
Material
wood, pigment, hair, fur, plant fibre, hide and thread
Overall
length 62.0 cm, width 46.0 cm, height 14.0 cm, length 28.0 cm, width 25.0 cm, height 13.0 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
British Columbia, Canada

Other

Subject
DZUNUKWA (WILD WOMAN OF THE FOREST)