Portrait Mask
Clan
Tsiits Gitanee
Datec. 1884
Mediumwood, abalone, mammal wool
DimensionsOther: 19.1 × 11.9 × 24.1 cm (7 1/2 × 4 11/16 × 9 1/2 in.)
ClassificationsCeremonial Objects
Paper Field ReferencesCMH VII-B-8
Object numberHRC 00008
DescriptionMask: woman with labret: wood, portrait mask of a woman with large abalone labret in bottom lip. 3 holes in edge of ears threaded with red wool strips, 2 abalone rectangles hung from wool. Many wrinkles carved in cheeks and forehead. Few black lines in hair, brows and eyeballs black. Skin flesh coloured, mouth red. Back hollowed out.Exhibition HistoryCrawley Films Ottawa (3-48) - (5-48) Art Gallery Winnipeg (12-54) - (1-55) World's Fair Seattle (3-62) - (?-62) $200 N.B Museum St. John (6-66) - (11-66) $450 NMC - 2nd Floor Ottawa (4-67) - (11-68) Musee de l'Homme Paris, France (11-68) - (10-69) $1200 C.C.I E9.2.74 (7-76) - (2-80) National Gallery E9.2.25/c (11-69) - (1-70)Published ReferencesE. Gunther Northwest Coast Indian Art, Worlds Fair, Seattle 1962, pg 79, photo and text fig. 15. Used in Loon's necklace.
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