Mask, Transformation Item Number: 16/8410 from the American Museum of Natural History
Exhibitions
CHIEFLY FEASTS: THE ENDURING KWAKIUTL POTLATCH (AMNH, NEW YORK, NY, USA, 1991)
Publications
COLLECTING LIVES. FREED, STANLEY A. NATURAL HISTORY MAGAZINE, 121, 2013, Publisher: MARCH 2013
CHIEFLY FEASTS: THE ART OF THE POTLATCH. FREED, STANLEY A., 1997, Publisher: POMEGRANATE
CHIEFLY FEASTS: THE ENDURING KWAKIUTL POTLACH. JONAITIS, ALDONA EXHIBITION CATALOG, 1991
THE KWAKIUTL OF VANCOUVER ISLAND. BOAS, FRANZ MEMOIRS, 8, 1909
Item History
- Made in Gwa'waenox, British Columbia, Canada
- Received from George Hunt
What
- Name
- Mask, Transformation
- Identification Number
- 16/8410
- Type of Item
- mask
- Material
- wood, pigment, hide, red bark, yellow cedar bark, copper metal and cloth
- Overall
- length 77.0 cm, width 63.0 cm, height 23.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Kwakwaka'wakw: Gwa'waenox
- Received from
- George Hunt
Where
- Holding Institution
- American Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- Gwa'waenox, British Columbia, Canada
Other
- Subject
- BORN TO BE HEAD OF THE WORLD