Mask Item Number: 16/9586 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
FROM THE LAND OF THE TOTEM POLES. JONAITIS, ALDONA, 1988
Item History
- Made in Denax.Dax, British Columbia, Canada
- Received from George Hunt
What
- Name
- Mask
- Identification Number
- 16/9586
- Type of Item
- mask
- Material
- wood, pigment, cedar bark, string, hide, feather and copper metal
- Overall
- length 70.0 cm, width 70.0 cm, height 48.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Kwakwaka'wakw: Denax.Dax
- Received from
- George Hunt
Where
- Holding Institution
- American Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- Denax.Dax, British Columbia, Canada
Other
- Subject
- HO'XHOK( CANNIBAL BIRD) AND TWO RAVENS