Dancer wearing an owl mask. Mask carved by George Walkus of Smith Inlet about 1920. Chief Charlie George at right. Blunden Harbour, B.C.; 1951. Per Door Book/Accession Record: Dancer with owl mask, Chief Charlie George at right.
Donor:
William R. Heick
Collection place:
Blunden Harbor, British Columbia, Canada
Culture or time period:
Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl)
Collector:
William R. Heick
Collection date:
1951
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Accession date:
March 22, 2000
Department:
Still and motion photography
Dimensions:
length 31.115 centimeters and width 27.94 centimeters
Comment:
Per labels provided by Ira Jacknis: Dancer wearing an owl mask, Chief Charlie George at right. Blunden Harbour, B.C., 1951. The owl mask, carved y George Walkus of Smith Inlet about 1920, was worn by Joe Seaweed, Willie Seaweed's son, in Dances of the Kwakiutl. The mask, which was collected the year after filming, is now in the Burke Museum, University of Washington. Charlie George, a rival chief, was another prominent artist of the area.