Mask, Eagle Item Number: 16/6770 from the American Museum of Natural History

Publications

GARDNER'S ART THROUGH THE AGES: A GLOBAL HISTORY, ED. 14. KLEINER, FRED S., 2012, Publisher: CENGAGE LEARNING, 14 EDITION
CHIEFLY FEASTS: THE ART OF THE POTLATCH. FREED, STANLEY A., 1997, Publisher: POMEGRANATE
NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN. MURDOCH, DAVID, 1995, Publisher: EYEWITNESS BOOKS - ALFRED A. KNOPF
CHIEFLY FEASTS: THE ENDURING KWAKIUTL POTLACH. JONAITIS, ALDONA EXHIBITION CATALOG, 1991
THE KWAKIUTL OF VANCOUVER ISLAND. BOAS, FRANZ MEMOIRS, 8, 1909

Exhibitions

TOTEMS TO TURQUOISE (AMNH, NEW YORK, NY, USA, 2004)
BODY ART: MARKS OF IDENTITY (AMNH, NEW YORK, NY, USA, 2004)
THE ROBOT EXHIBIT: HISTORY, FANTASY AND REALITY (AMERICAN CRAFTS MUSEUM, NEW YORK, NY, USA, 2004)
PUPPETS FOR THE PRESENT (MONMOUTH MUSEUM, LINCROFT, NJ, USA, 2004)

Item History

What

Name
Mask, Eagle
Identification Number
16/6770
Type of Item
mask
Material
wood, pigment, feather, sinew, cord, bird skin, hide, plant fibre, cotton and iron metal
Overall
length 57.0 cm, width 49.0 cm, height 37.0 cm

Who

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw: Nimkish
Received from
George Hunt

Where

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

Other

Subject
EAGLE AND ANTHROPOMORPHIC FACE WITH HOOKED NOSE