Mask

Description

Mask, in the form of a thunderbird, operated by cords by the wearer to open to reveal a human face inside, part of an adult Kwakiutl style transformation mask and costume, carved cedar: Kwakwaka'wakw, North America, Canada, British Columbia, Fort Rupert, by Calvin Hunt, 1998 - 1999

Museum reference

K.1999.590 A

Collection

Americas

Object name

Mask

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

Cedar

Physical description

Red cedar, carved; painted in black, red, green and yellow

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