Portrait Mask
Date1879
Mediumcedar, bird skin and cedar bark
DimensionsOther: 20.3 × 12 × 26 cm (8 × 4 3/4 × 10 1/4 in.)
ClassificationsCeremonial Objects
Paper Field ReferencesCMH VII-B-4
Object numberHRC 00004
DescriptionThe Chief in the film 'The Loon's Necklace'. Red eyes, nostrils and mouth. Rope tied in knots plugging nostrils. 3 cedar bark tufts, 1 on top and each side, wrapped in bird skin with bits of grey down still evident (less than photo). Blue on cheeks and around face.Exhibition HistoryNational Gallery Ottawa - 1927-? Crawley Films Ottawa (3-48) - (5-48) Arthur Price Toronto (7-48) - (8-48) Art Gallery Winnipeg (12-54) - (1-55) Crawley Films Ottawa (?) - (1-55) l 'Universite de Montreal Montreal (11-58) - (2-59) $200 Exhibit Stratford (6-60) - (9-60) Weslayan University Delaware (10-60) - (3-60) CJOH-McFeat Ottawa (10-61) - (11-61) Musees Classes Bordeaux (4-62) - (8-62) $150 University of Waterloo Waterloo (9-63) - (11-63) $240 Lowie Museum California (12-64) - (1-66) $700 National Gallery Ottawa (4-67) - (12-67) $700 Musee de l'Homme Paris, France (11-68) - (11-69) $1200 C.C.I E9.2.74/C (7-76) - (Feb-80) National Art Gallery E9.2.26/C (11-69) - (1-70)Published References'Haida Art' - George McDonald page 81 in the photo of the book, you can see that there is no basket(?) in the ear on the right side of the photo, it is also not in the photo HRC 00004.02
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