Legging

Description

Pair of leggings applied with rabbit fur and feathers, and with wooden claws above red snapper to cover feet, part of an adult Kwakiutl style transformation mask and costume: Kwakwaka'wakw, North America, Canada, British Columbia, Fort Rupert, by Calvin Hunt, 1998 - 1999

Museum reference

K.1999.590 D

Collection

Americas

Object name

Legging

Production information

Hunt, Calvin, 1956 (b.), Master carver
Fort Rupert, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, North America

Date

1998 - 1999

Style / Culture

Kwakwaka'wakw

Materials

Rabbit fur, Feather, Wood

Physical description

Commercial knit; rabbit fur; feathers; wood

Associations

Port Hardy, British Columbia, Canada, North America

Exhibitions

• Living Lands (29 Jul 2011)
  National Museum of Scotland

• Heaven and Hell and other worlds of the dead (01 Jul 2000 - 01 Feb 2001)
  Royal Museum of Scotland

• Realm of the Spirits (27 May 2003 - 16 Jan 2004)
  Canadian High Commission

References

Sheridan, A (ed) 2000 Heaven and Hell and other worlds of the dead 2000 NMS Publishing, p110 (entry written by Dale Idiens)

Knowles, Chantal. 2003 ‘Commissioning Art: Objects, Ehtnography and Contemporary Collecting’ Journal of Museum Ethnography 15: 57-66

Realm of the Spirits Catalogue, 2003

On display

national museum of scotland »
level 1 »
world cultures, living lands