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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
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Canada
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British Columbia
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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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