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A KWAKIUTL HAMATSA SOCIETY BIRD MASK
Two cedar planks joined along median ridge in the form of a heavy beaked bird with moveable lower jaw on leather hinge, crosspiece at back with light blue paint around eyes and across bridge of beak, the beak brows and eyes in black, the mouth and nostrils in red, with Beasley collection label.
26¾in. long (68cm.)
Two cedar planks joined along median ridge in the form of a heavy beaked bird with moveable lower jaw on leather hinge, crosspiece at back with light blue paint around eyes and across bridge of beak, the beak brows and eyes in black, the mouth and nostrils in red, with Beasley collection label.
26¾in. long (68cm.)
Provenance
Harry Beasley, Chiselhurst, acquired by him in 1915
Sotheby's New York, 1979, no. 357
Sotheby's New York, 1979, no. 357
Exhibited
Los Angeles, Craft and Folk Art Museum, Masks in Motion: Form and Function, 1981