Mask

Museum number:
2-66925
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020066925
Accession number:
Acc.3848
Description:
Wood, red cedar, anthropomorphic, polychrome in natural, red, grey and brown. Beaked nose, prominent nostrils, lips pursed for whistling/singing, eyes (black rimmed circular holes) under heavy black eyebrows. Equipped with 2 small eyebolts and wire. Back inscribed, "Chiefs Mask" "Jack James, Gilford Isle, B.C." Commercial paint.
Donor:
Kathryn Brownell
Collection place:
Gilford Isle, British Columbia, Canada
Verbatim coll. place:
Canada; British Columbia; Gilford Isle
Culture or time period:
Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl)
Maker or artist:
Jack James
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
Production date:
1965
Context of use:
Made for sale.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 23 centimeters, depth 16 centimeters, and height 32 centimeters
Loans:
S2009-2010 #11b: SFO Museum (dates unknown) and S2009-2010 #11: SFO Museum (dates unknown)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Mask, accession number 2-66925, described as Wood, red cedar, anthropomorphic, polychrome in natural, red, grey and brown. Beaked nose, prominent nostrils, lips pursed for whistling/singing, eyes (black rimmed circular holes) under heavy black eyebrows. Equipped with 2 small eyebolts and wire. Back inscribed, "Chiefs Mask" "Jack James, Gilford Isle, B.C." Commercial paint.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Mask, accession number 2-66925, described as Wood, red cedar, anthropomorphic, polychrome in natural, red, grey and brown. Beaked nose, prominent nostrils, lips pursed for whistling/singing, eyes (black rimmed circular holes) under heavy black eyebrows. Equipped with 2 small eyebolts and wire. Back inscribed, "Chiefs Mask" "Jack James, Gilford Isle, B.C." Commercial paint.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Mask, accession number 2-66925, described as Wood, red cedar, anthropomorphic, polychrome in natural, red, grey and brown. Beaked nose, prominent nostrils, lips pursed for whistling/singing, eyes (black rimmed circular holes) under heavy black eyebrows. Equipped with 2 small eyebolts and wire. Back inscribed, "Chiefs Mask" "Jack James, Gilford Isle, B.C." Commercial paint.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-66925, described as Wood, red cedar, anthropomorphic, polychrome in natural, red, grey and brown. Beaked nose, prominent nostrils, lips pursed for whistling/singing, eyes (black rimmed circular holes) under heavy black eyebrows. Equipped with 2 small eyebolts and wire. Back inscribed, "Chiefs Mask" "Jack James, Gilford Isle, B.C." Commercial paint.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-66925, described as Wood, red cedar, anthropomorphic, polychrome in natural, red, grey and brown. Beaked nose, prominent nostrils, lips pursed for whistling/singing, eyes (black rimmed circular holes) under heavy black eyebrows. Equipped with 2 small eyebolts and wire. Back inscribed, "Chiefs Mask" "Jack James, Gilford Isle, B.C." Commercial paint.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-66925, described as Wood, red cedar, anthropomorphic, polychrome in natural, red, grey and brown. Beaked nose, prominent nostrils, lips pursed for whistling/singing, eyes (black rimmed circular holes) under heavy black eyebrows. Equipped with 2 small eyebolts and wire. Back inscribed, "Chiefs Mask" "Jack James, Gilford Isle, B.C." Commercial paint.

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