Mask Item Number: 3172/1 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Wooden face mask. Face has a white painted background with heavy black brows, black rimmed eyes, and a thin black mustache over black teeth in a down-turned mouth. Chin and nostrils are red. Green and red lines decorate the cheeks and sides of chin are green. Hair is carved into thick diagonal strips and painted red, green and black. Back of mask is concave and unpainted.
Narrative
Collected at Ceepeecee, near Tahsis, BC, on the west coast of Vancouver Island, c. 1910.
Item History
- Made in Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada during 1910
- Collected during 1910
- Owned by Catherine Hansen before May 25, 2016
- Received from Catherine Hansen (Donor) on May 25, 2016
What
Who
- Culture
- Nuu-chah-nulth
- Previous Owner
- Catherine Hansen
- Received from
- Catherine Hansen (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
When
- Creation Date
- during 1910
- Collection Date
- during 1910
- Ownership Date
- before May 25, 2016
- Acquisition Date
- on May 25, 2016
Other
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 3172/0001