Collection place: Masset, Graham Island, Queen Charlotte Islands / Loans: S1966-1967 #77: Physical Education Department (UC Berkeley) (March 9, 1967–March 9, 1967) - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

Start Over Collection place Masset, Graham Island, Queen Charlotte Islands Loans S1966-1967 #77: Physical Education Department (UC Berkeley) (March 9, 1967–March 9, 1967)

Hearst Museum object titled Figure, accession number 2-15545, described as Wood carving; kneeling man in kilt, killing [new interpretation is that this genre shows a man torturing a witch] (by twisting hair) a crouching female slave (?) in skirt; painted: pink skin; red lips; brown hair and eyes; grey-green clothes; wood cracked

Hearst Museum object titled Hat, accession number 2-15521, described as Rain hat. Twined basketry hat with red and black painted totemic designs.

Hearst Museum object titled Hat, accession number 2-15519, described as Very old, finely twined rain hat with 4 "pillboxes." Painted designs in red and black.

Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-15548, described as Of male human face; seal fur pegged on to simulate eyebrows, moustache and hairline; red-painted lips, protruding tongue; crack through right eye; no eyeslits or perforations for thongs.

Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-15550, described as Of male face; seal fur eyebrows, mustache and beard; movable eyelids and mouth; red, black, white, orange-brown paint.

Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-15547, described as Of human face; seal fur pegged on to simulate eyebrows, etc; movable lips; no eyeholes. Black and red facial markings. Made of alder.

Hearst Museum object titled Plate, accession number 2-15539, described as Flat wood plate with carved frieze of totemic designs.

Hearst Museum object titled Plate, accession number 2-15591, described as Made of argillite carved and polished; rim inlaid with bone rectangles; interior is incised killer whale with mouth inlaid with shark's teeth; 3 bone rectangles missing, several teeth missing; 1 area badly damaged. Reg Davidson notes that figure is a female shaman holding rattles. Massive incising, massive and minute, form lines.

Hearst Museum object titled Platter, accession number 2-15590, described as Carved argillite; female shaman in relief surrounded by incised designs representing a sea monster or mythical sea mammal, perhaps a sea wolf.

Hearst Museum object titled Spoon, accession number 2-15559, described as Black horn spoon with carved handle riveted to blade. Mountain goat horn. The lowest figure represents a bear, probably one of the crests of the original owner's family. Old, finely carved, highly polished.