Mask
Item number A8431 a-b from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
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Description
Mask (a) made from two pieces of wood joined down the centre of the mask at an angle and supported by a triangular piece of wood at the top. The mask is painted white with heavy black eyebrows, light blue around the circular eyes with a red and blue design element at the temples, red nostrils, a black scalloped design that arches over the cheeks from the nostrils to the chin, a black moustache, red lips, and a black line under the lower lip. A tuft of off-white and brown feathers, some of which are painted blue at the tips, are attached to a wooden stick with blue string and adhesive fabric tape that has been painted blue (b), and the tuft fits into a hole in the top of the mask.
History Of Use
Tlingit foreigner mask. Belongs to Tlha'sa.
Narrative
Made for Ed Walkus.
Item History
- Made by Joe Seaweed (Maker), Willie Seaweed (Maker) and Charlie George Walkus (Technician) in Blunden Harbour, British Columbia, Canada ? or Ba'as, British Columbia, Canada ?
- Collected in Smith Inlet, British Columbia, Canada and Takus, British Columbia, Canada
- Owned by Chief Edward Walkus
- Owned by James Walkus before June 1964
- Received from H. R. MacMillan (Funding source) and James Walkus (Seller) during June 1964
What
- Name
- Mask
- Identification Number
- A8431 a-b
- Type of Item
- mask
- Material
- wood, paint, feather, fibre, adhesive and dye
- Manufacturing Technique
- carved, nailed and painted
- Overall
- height 51.0 cm, width 20.5 cm, depth 13.0 cm
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Blunden Harbour, British Columbia, Canada ? or Ba'as, British Columbia, Canada ?
- Collected in
- Smith Inlet, British Columbia, Canada and Takus, British Columbia, Canada
Who
- Culture
- Kwakwaka'wakw
- Creator
- Joe Seaweed (Maker), Willie Seaweed (Maker) and Charlie George Walkus (Technician)
- Previous Owner
- Chief Edward Walkus and James Walkus
- Received from
- H. R. MacMillan (Funding source) and James Walkus (Seller)
When
- Ownership Date
- before June 1964
- Acquisition Date
- during June 1964
Other
- Condition
- good
- Current Location
- Case 41
- Accession Number
- 0105/0005 a-b
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