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Object Number
17-17-10/87206
Display Title
Sisiutl Mask
Descriptions
Object Description
Sisiutl Mask. This large mask represents Sisiutl, a fabulous double-headed serpent with an anthropomorphic horned face with bared teeth in center. Each profile head has a curled horn and a sharp, protruding tongue. The sections depicting serpents could be moved back and forth by a tuxw'id dancer.
Inventory Description
Mask, carved wood, double-headed serpent, painted
Classification
- Mask
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1900-1910
Culture
- Kwakwaka'wakw
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
Canada
/
British Columbia
/
Village Island
/
Mamalelegala Village
Additional Geographic Terms
Spring Pass; Queen Charlotte Sound
Materials
Wood, Pigment, Cloth, Cedar Bark, Iron
Quantity
1
Provenance
Expedition
Peabody Museum Expedition
(1917)
Collector
Dr. Charles Frederick Newcombe
(09/1917)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17-17-10/87206.1 | Sisiutl Mask |
Mask
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Mamalelegala Village
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| 2004.24.32271 | Drawing of mask of the Sisiutl by Ric Riccio |
Mamaleleguala Village
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| 2004.24.32348 | Mask |
Mamaleleguala Village
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Image Not Available
for Silkscreen of Willie Seaweed Sisiutl design
| 2018.23.1 | Silkscreen of Willie Seaweed Sisiutl design |
Art 3-D
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Seattle
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| 2004.29.3451 | Ancient moss grown Sisiutl crest. |
Tsatisichnukwomi?
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| 2004.29.3434 | Klalis and his wife |
Vancouver Island?
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| 2004.29.3452 | Sisiutl crest and totem pole |
Tsatisichnukwomi
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| 2004.29.3459 | Double-headed serpent crest on grave board now rotted away |
British Columbia
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| 42-28-30/4480 | Mummy mask, fragmentary |
Woven Fiber
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Pisco
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| 42-12-30/3554 | Band, fragment |
Woven Fiber
|
Peru
| |
| 978-11-30/10035 | Border, slit tapestry |
Woven Fiber
|
Peru
| |
| 2004.24.32349 | Detail of Mask |
Mamaleleguala Village
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