Dance Mask

Bella Coola people, Bella Bella people, Kwakwaka'wakw (formerly called Kwakiutl) people, Kitwincool, British Columbia, Native American

Late 19th-early 20th century

  • Titles Dance Mask (Descriptive)
  • Medium cedar, pigment
  • Dimensions 9 3/8 × 7 3/8 in. (23.8 × 18.7 cm)
  • Credit Line Museum purchase, 1956.48.25
  • Work Type mask
  • Classification Costume
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Rattle in shape of a raven, carrying on its back a reclining figure with bent knees and extended tongue; human figure is joined by his tongue to a frog, which is held in the beak of a kingfisher bird, whose head is depicted (without a body) and located closest to the handle of the rattle. The underside of the rattle (the raven's belly) has the abstracted features of a human face.
Crudely woven; large, coarse fibers; medium brown; two stripes, each with dark brown and natural alternating
Pink tulip with wilting petals against gray background
Crown of feathers, ermine pieces, and two eagle claws.