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Mask, Hamshamtses16/576

FROM THE LAND OF THE TOTEM POLES. JONAITIS, ALDONA, 1988

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, pigment, red cedar bark, cloth and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
American Museum of Natural History
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Mask16/384

OBJECTS OF EXCHANGE: SOCIAL AND MATERIAL TRANSFORMATION ON THE LATE NINETEENTH-CENTURY NORTHWEST COAST. GLASS, AARON EXHIBITION CATALOG, 2011, Publisher: BARD GRADUATE CENTER DOWN FROM THE SHIMMERING SKY: MASKS OF THE NORTHWEST COAST. MACNAIR, PETER, JOSEPH, AND GRENVILLE EXHIBITION CATALOG, 1990, Publisher: THE VANCOUVER ART GALLERY PRIMITIVE ART. BOAS, FRANZ, 1951, Publisher: CAPITAL PUBLISHING COMPANY

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, pigment, hair, plant fibre and cloth
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
American Museum of Natural History
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Sea Monster2984/1

Horizontally rectangular "Sea Monster" painting, on paper. Painting shows a sea monster with a wide grinning mouth displaying even teeth, a thick beard, and a pronounced forehead coloured black and yellow. Two large pinschers sit below the creature, while six heavily suckered arms protrude from the conical crown of the head. Painting is signed in the bottom right with blue ink.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Wasp Dance, Ha-ma-sa-la-tla-mi2983/1

Horizontally rectangular "Wasp Dance" painting, on paper. Painting shows two figures performing a wasp dance, in full regalia of feathered costumes and masks each with long nose and needles protruding from the end. The left figure has a green stinger at rear while the right has a face with intense eyes and a wide grinning mouth on the torso. Both figures have bare feet. Painting is signed in the bottom right with blue ink.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Note Card2976/2 a-b

Printed note card with an image on the front, in black ink, of a dancer wearing a raven hamatsa mask. The card and envelope (part b) are cream coloured. The card is blank inside. The artist logo, also in black ink, is on the back of the card, in the bottom right corner.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Made in
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Live from the 'Latch2954/1

"Live from the 'Latch" archival pigment print. The print is in the form of a poster advertising a musical performance. On a yellow background with monochromatic formline images is the shape of a red copper, containing red formline on top and bottom. In the centre is text printed in red and green referring to a concert by "Billy and the Chiefs." Image deliberately appears to be old (wrinkled and discoloured), with ragged edges. The poster is surrounded by a black background. Edition 3 of 67.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Made in
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Note Card2976/1 a-b

Printed note card with an image on the front, in black ink, of a dancer wearing a raven hamatsa mask. The card and envelope (part b) are cream coloured. The card is blank inside. The artist logo, also in black ink, is on the back of the card, in the bottom right corner.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Made in
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA4364 a-b

Mask (a) with a heavy brow, protruding eyes and cheeks, large flared nostrils, and pursed lips. The mask is painted with black, dark green, dark red, and medium red with white lines and curvilinear designs. The mask is surmounted by a duck figure with wings extended and a duckling on its back (b). The duck figure has a green head with black glass eyes and a red mouth. The duck figure's neck and wings are articulated, and the mechanisms are hidden from view by white fabric that has been painted with designs in black, blue and brown. The duckling and the body and wooden segments of the duck figure's wings are painted with designs in green, red, blue and black.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, metal, fibre, cotton fibre ?, paint and glass
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bracelet2012-80/1
Sibaxola2011-76/23

The paper is tan. The ink is black, green, and yellow.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
paper and ink
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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