Transformation mask representing the sun
Object Details
- Culture/People
- Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl)
- Artist/Maker
- attributed to Bob Harris (Xániyus/Xi’xaniyus), Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl), ca. 1870-ca. 1935
- Collector
- 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 local residents by George Heye in 1922 using funds donated by MAI trustee Harmon W. Hendricks (1846-1928).
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- Date created
- 1870-1910
- Catalog Number
- 11/5235
- Barcode
- 115235.000
- Object Type
- Masks and Masking
- Indigenous Term
- t'lisala daldalagaml
- Object Name
- Transformation mask representing the sun
- Media/Materials
- Wood, paint, cotton cloth, metal hinges, iron nails, sinew, cotton cord/cordage
- Techniques
- Carved, painted, stitched, tied
- Dimensions
- 116.9 x 132 cm
- Place
- Alert Bay; Mount Waddington Regional District; British Columbia; Canada
- Archipelago
- Vancouver Island Group
- Island Name
- Cormorant Island
- See related items
- Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl)
- Masks and Masking
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Record ID
- NMAI_124206
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6d1bb4834-74f0-4ad5-8d9c-fcf4d76da4a1
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