Loans: S1970-1971 #15: Art Department (UC Berkeley)/Jane Dwyer (August 17, 1970–August 17, 1970) - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-6442, described as Wooden mask - most likely of sculpin; painted teardrop shape with round face in lower part; face has crescent mouth with peg teeth, 1 round eye, smaller crescent opposite; white face, otherwise black with fingertip-applied white dots; red paint lining mouth, eyes, and all other openings; black designs on bottom half of face. 2 leg-shaped appendages attached to left side of face. Bird quill attachments and feather.

Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-6913, described as Wooden; painted white, red, and greenish-black; represents the mythical half-man; wooden pegs inserted as teeth, and around eye; rawhide tie; full complement of pegs.

Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-15549, described as Mask of female face; movable eyes; red, black and brown pigment on pink ground; may represent non-Indian woman. J.C.H. King says "probably representing a middle-aged Haida woman, as indicated by the fullness of the cheeks - or perhaps a foreigner".

Hearst Museum object titled Rattle, accession number 2-19094, described as Totemic wooden rattle in raven form, human being on back with frog on his stomach and hawk head behind his legs, raven "ears" connect with head of human figure, sparrow hawk carving on underside; alder; painted red, blue, and black. Frog sitting on human figure is sticking its tongue into mouth of human. Raven head with frog in mouth refers to a myth where raven took frog in its mouth and descended to the depths of the sea, frog acting as lungs for raven. Raven, frog and wood identified by Charles Brown.

Hearst Museum object titled Rattle spoon, accession number 2-19096, described as Wooden. Rattle in fish form (salmon) with human figure inside. Spoon projects from head of fish. Alder painted red and green. Label: "George Davidson, Chilkat, Aug. 1869." Wood and fish design type identified by Charles Brown, June 1964. Flat motif on back of spoon, like the handle, represents a man inside a fish (man was saved by fish who swallowed him and carried him ashore inside its belly). Fish looks like a salmon.

Hearst Museum object titled Totemic carving, accession number 2-19099, described as Bear leg bone (identified by Charles Brown). Open mouth at both ends, represents wolf or bear, faces inside eyes, knees, etc. are meant to accentuate power of seeing, etc. Identified as bone by Dr. Benson, Zoology, January 1959.