Mask: Hawk Man, ‘Hawk Man in the Sun’

2009.06.0001A

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Artifact Identification Mask: Hawk Man, ‘Hawk Man in the Sun’   (2009.06.0001A)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Communication Artifacts
  2. :
  3. Art
  4. :
  5. N/A
Artist/Maker Gary Rice
Geographic Location
Period Contemporary
Date 1993
Culture Native American: Pacific Northwest: Coastal Salish

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Length) 44.9 cm
Dimension 2 (Width) 41.1 cm
Dimension 3 (Depth) 21.8 cm
Weight 1660 g
Measuring Remarks Under Review
Materials Plant--Wood, Metal, Pigment
Manufacturing Processes Carved, Drilling, Incising, Inserting, Joining, Painting, Twisting

Research Remarks

Description Under Review
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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