Mask of hohog; hamsiwi

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Object Number 17-17-10/87205

Display Title Mask of hohog; hamsiwi

Descriptions

Object Description Mask of hohog; hamsiwi

Inventory Description Wooden bird mask, painted with bark hair, hinged beak.

Classification

Mask

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Kwakwaka'wakw

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

North America / Canada / British Columbia / Harbledown Island / Tsatsichinukwomi

Additional Geographic Terms Queen Charlotte Sound

Materials Wood, Bark

Dimensions Overall: 42 x 66 x 38 cm (16 9/16 x 26 x 14 15/16 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 87205

Provenance

Expedition Peabody Museum Expedition (1917)

Collector Dr. Charles Frederick Newcombe (1917)

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