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Galukw'aml (Crooked-beak mask)
Object Number 17-17-10/87202
Display Title Galukw'aml (Crooked-beak mask)
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Galukw'aml
Object Description Crooked-beak mask. The mask represents the Crooked-Beak Mask, also called Crooked-Beak- of-the Sky. It has a large, heavy beak with a dramatic curving arch over its nostrils. A smaller Crooked-Beak Mask comes out of the jaw. The mask is mostly black with white eye sockets and detail, and red lips, nostrils, and eyelid lining. The flat crown of the mask is filled with shredded cedar bark.
Inventory Description Mask, carved wood, bird, painted, black and white, shredded cedar bark
Classification
  • Mask
Department Ethnographic
Date 1917 or earlier
Culture
  • Kwakwaka'wakw
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia / <County> / <City> / Gwa I
Additional Geographic Terms Kingcome Inlet; Queen Charlotte Sound
Materials Wood, Pigment, Fiber, Cedar bark
Quantity 1
Provenance
Expedition Peabody Museum Expedition (1917)
Collector Dr. Charles Frederick Newcombe (09/1917)

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