Mask

Museum number:
2-66926
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020066926
Accession number:
Acc.3848
Description:
Wood, zoomorphic, sculpted polychrome in natural, red, green, and black. Prominent bear-like snout, open mouth with 4 fangs holding stylized fish. Eyes shadowed in bright green paint. Back inscribed "$85". Equipped with 2 small eye bolts and hanging wire. Yellow cedar, commercial paint.
Donor:
Kathryn Brownell
Collection place:
British Columbia, Canada
Verbatim coll. place:
Canada; British Columbia
Culture or time period:
Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl)
Collector:
William A. Brownell
Collection date:
1965
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Context of use:
Mask or carved segment made from totem pole or house post. Made for sale.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
depth 19 centimeters, height 37 centimeters, and width 28.5 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-66926, described as Wood, zoomorphic, sculpted polychrome in natural, red, green, and black. Prominent bear-like snout, open mouth with 4 fangs holding stylized fish. Eyes shadowed in bright green paint. Back inscribed "$85". Equipped with 2 small eye bolts and hanging wire. Yellow cedar, commercial paint.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-66926, described as Wood, zoomorphic, sculpted polychrome in natural, red, green, and black. Prominent bear-like snout, open mouth with 4 fangs holding stylized fish. Eyes shadowed in bright green paint. Back inscribed "$85". Equipped with 2 small eye bolts and hanging wire. Yellow cedar, commercial paint.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-66926, described as Wood, zoomorphic, sculpted polychrome in natural, red, green, and black. Prominent bear-like snout, open mouth with 4 fangs holding stylized fish. Eyes shadowed in bright green paint. Back inscribed "$85". Equipped with 2 small eye bolts and hanging wire. Yellow cedar, commercial paint.

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