Mask, Raven Item Number: 16/2381 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

Exhibitions

"DRAWING SHADOWS TO STONE": PHOTOGRAPHING NORTH PACIFIC PEOPLES (1897-1902) (AMNH, NEW YORK, NY, USA, 1997)
CHIEFLY FEASTS: THE ENDURING KWAKIUTL POTLATCH (AMNH, NEW YORK, NY, USA, 1997)

Item History

What

Name
Mask, Raven
Identification Number
16/2381
Type of Item
mask
Material
wood, pigment, string, cloth, feather, hide and metal
Overall
length 57.0 cm, width 43.0 cm, height 35.0 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
RAVEN AND ANTHROPOMORPHIC FACE