Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl)
Mask
Kwakwaka wakw, 1900-1932
Scroll
Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl)
Mask
Kwakwaka wakw, 1900-1932
Physical Qualities
Wood, red cedar bark, pigments, string, copper nails, cloth, 11 7/16 in. (29 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Irene Gulck and Bequest of Florence Reese Winslow, by exchange with the Denver Art Museum
Object Number
1953.4.34
Carved from a thick piece of wood. Features painted in blue and red. Copper around the eyes. Fiber "hair."
Blue, red and black pigments
The Baltimore Museum of Art by exchange, 1953; Denver Art Museum by gift, 1946; Caroline Bancroft; George Bancroft, her father (per D.A.M. 4/25/94).
Robert B. Inverarity, "Art of the Northwest Coast Indians," California, 1950, ill. 70, 71, 72.
Bill Holm, "Box of Daylight," University of Washington, 1983, p. 33-35, 43.
Claude Levi-Strauss, "The Way of the Masks," Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1988, pp. 92-93.
Audrey Hawthorn, "Kwakiutl Art," Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1967, ill. 193.
"America's Fascinating Indian Heritage," Pleasantville: Reader's Digest Association, 1978.
Bill Holm, "Box of Daylight," University of Washington, 1983, p. 33-35, 43.
Claude Levi-Strauss, "The Way of the Masks," Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1988, pp. 92-93.
Audrey Hawthorn, "Kwakiutl Art," Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1967, ill. 193.
"America's Fascinating Indian Heritage," Pleasantville: Reader's Digest Association, 1978.
