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Salmon Spirit

Dick, Beau

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Dick, Beau
Carved mask
Kwakwaka’wakw
‘Yalis (Alert Bay), British Columbia, Canada
Before 1997
Acrylic paint on cedar
overall: 43 cm x 36 cm x 19 cm
Carved wooden mask of a humanoid salmon head. The salmon’s head is painted in white and grey. Black paint outlines the salmon’s eyes and eyebrows. Red paint accents the eyes and forms the nostrils and mouth. Strips of cedar protrude from the top of the salmon’s head. The salmon’s chin is encircled by a border of rope
Carved wooden mask of a humanoid salmon head. The salmon’s head is painted in white and grey. Black paint outlines the salmon’s eyes and eyebrows. Red paint accents the eyes and forms the nostrils and mouth. Strips of cedar protrude from the top of the salmon’s head. The salmon’s chin is encircled by a border of rope.
Atla'gimma, ceremonies, dancing, fish, religion and mythology, rituals, salmon, supernatural beings, winter
Woodwork
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Gift of David and Diane Reesor.
U023.2.3

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