Mask Item Number: A6633 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Mask with pronounced nose and upper lip. Eyes are teardrop-shaped holes. Moustache, chin beard, and eyebrows painted black. Lips and nostrils painted orange, and there is an orange design on the cheeks with two curved lines on the forehead.
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada
- Collected in Village Island, British Columbia, Canada and 'Mimkwamlis, British Columbia, Canada
- Owned by Jim Charlie before May 1957
- Received from Jim Charlie (Seller) and Leon & Thea Koerner Foundation (Funding source) during May 1957
What
Who
- Culture
- Kwakwaka'wakw
- Previous Owner
- Jim Charlie
- Received from
- Jim Charlie (Seller) and Leon & Thea Koerner Foundation (Funding source)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
- Collected in
- Village Island, British Columbia, Canada and 'Mimkwamlis, British Columbia, Canada
When
- Ownership Date
- before May 1957
- Acquisition Date
- during May 1957
Other
- Condition
- fair
- Current Location
- Case 27
- Accession Number
- 1852/0006