Object Details
- Culture/People
- Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl)
- Possible collector
- George Gustav Heye (GGH), Non-Indian, 1874-1957
- MAI agent
- George Gustav Heye (GGH), Non-Indian, 1874-1957
- Presenter/funding source
- Harmon W. Hendricks (Harmon Washington Hendricks), Non-Indian, 1846-1928
- Collection History
- Collected or purchased from an unknown source by George Heye for MAI during travel in British Columbia in 1920 using funds donated by MAI trustee Harmon W. Hendricks (1846-1928).
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- Have a concern, a correction, or something to add? Contact us: https://nmai.si.edu/collections-statement
- Date created
- circa 1900
- Catalog Number
- 10/254
- Barcode
- 100254.000
- Object Type
- Masks and Masking
- Object Name
- Sea monster mask
- Media/Materials
- Wood, bearskin/fur, paint, cordage
- Techniques
- Carved, painted
- Dimensions
- 182 x 50 x 73 cm
- Place
- Cape Mudge; Comox-Strathcona Regional District; British Columbia; Canada
- Archipelago
- Vancouver Island Group
- Island Name
- Vancouver Island
- See related items
- Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl)
- Masks and Masking
- On View
- NMAI, New York, NY: Infinity of Nations, Northwest Coast
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Record ID
- NMAI_108120
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws63c97fd96-102a-4735-9e1e-358eda7a8867
