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Transformational Mask: Frog and Raven

2008.24.0001

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Artifact Identification Transformational Mask: Frog and Raven   (2008.24.0001)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Communication Artifacts
    2. :
  2. Art
    3. :
  3. N/A
Artist/Maker Ned Matilpi, Lus-toos-las
Geographic Location
Period Contemporary
Date 1997
Culture Native American: Pacific Northwest: Ma’amtagila Band, Kwakiutle, Kwakwaka’wakw, Tlingit, Northwest Coast
Location Not on Exhibit

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Length) 63.2 cm
Dimension 2 (Height) 26.9 cm
Dimension 3 (Width) 22.2 cm
Weight 2476 g
Measuring Remarks Under Review
Materials Metal, Pigment--Paint, Textile, Plant--Wood
Manufacturing Processes Carved, Cutting, Drilling, Inserting, Joining, Painting, Piercing, Plaiting, Wrapping

Research Remarks

Description N/A
Published Description N/A
Bibliography

Jonaitis, Aldona. Art of the Northwest Coast. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2006.

MacNair, Peter, Robert Joseph and Bruce Grenville. Down from the Shimmering Sky: Masks of the Northwest Coast. Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre, Ltd., 1998.

Shearar, Cheryl. Understanding Northwest Coast Art: A Guide to Crests, Beings and Symbols. Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre, 2000.

Stewart, Hilary. Looking at Indian Art of the Northwest Coast. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1979.

Wyatt, Gary. Spirit Faces: Contemporary Native American Masks from the Northwest Coast. London: Thames and Hudson, 1994.

Artifact History

Credit Line/Dedication Gift of Mimi and Sandy Furman
Reproduction No

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