Mask: 'Hawk Man in the Sun,' Ray

2009.06.0001F

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

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Length) 30.7 cm
Dimension 2 (Width) 7.8 cm
Dimension 3 (Depth) 1.8 cm
Weight 148 g
Measuring Remarks Width taken at bottom of ray, where it is widest. Depth taken along thicker portion of ray.
Materials Pigment--Paint, Plant--Wood
Manufacturing Processes Carved, Drilling, Incising, Painting, Writing
Munsell Color Information N/A

Research Remarks

Published Description N/A
Description N/A
Comparanda 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

Archaeological Data N/A
Credit Line/Dedication Gift of Mimi and Sandy Furman
Reproduction No
Reproduction Information N/A

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