Mask, Shark? Sturgeon? Item Number: 16/8943 AB 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
THE ETHNOGRAPHY AND ETHNOLOGY OF FRANZ BOAS. WHITE, LESLIE A., 1963

Item History

What

Name
Mask, Shark? Sturgeon?
Identification Number
16/8943 AB
Type of Item
mask
Material
wood, pigment, glass, hide, metal, cedar bark and string
Overall
length 122.0 cm, width 18.0 cm, height 25.0 cm, length 42.0 cm, width 20.0 cm, height 24.0 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
SHARK? STURGEON?