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Object Number
17-17-10/87190A
Display Title
Transformation mask
Descriptions
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
Wooden head frame for headdress, sticks tied with sinew.
Classification
- Headband
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, Bird skin, Pigment, Plant fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 13.7 x 25.1 x 24.2 cm (5 3/8 x 9 7/8 x 9 1/2 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
17-17-10/87190a
Provenance
Expedition
Peabody Museum Expedition
(1917)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17-17-10/87190 | Transformation mask |
Mask
|
Tsatsichinukwomi
| |
| 2004.24.30152 | Bird mask; raven sun clan made with beak in four parts; quax emlh |
Harbledown Island
| ||
|
Media Restricted
| 17-17-10/87188 | Clan mask. "Tso-no-kwah" |
Mask
|
Gwa I
| |
| 2004.29.3437 | Chief's house, Raven's crest, newly assumed, winter 1916-1917 |
Gwaestums
| ||
| 995-29-10/73518 | Transformation mask |
Mask
|
North America
| |
| 2004.24.32160B | Transformation mask |
United States
| ||
| 2004.24.32160A | Transformation mask |
United States
| ||
| 995-29-10/73519A | Unpainted Echo mask (A) with beak (B) attachable by pin (C) |
Mask
|
Vancouver Island
| |
| 69-30-10/1602 | Wooden Humanoid Bird/Bear Mask |
Mask
|
Alaska
| |
| 2004.29.3401 | Ceremonial dish slate with raven and owl totems |
Skittag'ntan
| ||
| 15-36-10/86506 | Shield made from neck part of buck deer skin |
Shield
|
British Columbia
| |
| 2008.20.58 | Carving, "Shaman transformation" |
Carving
|
Inukjuak
|