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Transformation mask
Object Number 17-17-10/87190
Display Title Transformation mask
Descriptions
Indigenous Term quan E mlh
Object Description Transformation mask: raven sun clan mask with beak in 4 parts. Used at potlatches to show crests of owner who inherited them from his father.
Inventory Description Mask, carved wood, painted
Classification
  • Mask
Department Ethnographic
Date 1917 or earlier
Culture
  • Kwakwaka'wakw
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia / Harbledown Island / Tsatsichinukwomi
Additional Geographic Terms Queen Charlotte Sound
Materials Wood Pigment Fiber Bird skin Plant fiber cotton cordage Feather String Paint
Dimensions Overall: 45 x 52 x 30 cm (17 11/16 x 20 1/2 x 11 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Provenance
Expedition Peabody Museum Expedition (1917)
Collector Dr. Charles Frederick Newcombe (09/1907)

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