Mask, Thunderbird Item Number: 16/8532 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
PUPPETS: ART AND ENTERTAINMENT. EXHIBITION CATALOG, 1980, Publisher: THE PUPPETEERS OF AMERICA, INC.
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)
PUPPETS: ART AND ENTERTAINMENT (PUPPETTEERS OF AMERICA, WASHINGTON, DC, USA, 2004)

Item History

What

Name
Mask, Thunderbird
Identification Number
16/8532
Type of Item
mask
Material
wood, pigment, hide, metal, cord, feather and fur
Overall
length 72.0 cm, width 61.0 cm, height 49.0 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
THUNDERBIRD OF NALANOKUNG'ILAKU