Mask, Alk'unda'm

American Museum of Natural History

16/1399

TRANSFORMATIONS OF MEANING: THE LIFE HISTORY OF A NUXALK MASK. SEIP, LISA P. JOURNAL ARTICLE, 31, 1999, Publisher: WORLD ARCHAEOLOGY HTTP://DX.DOI.ORG/10.1080/00438243.1999.9980446 THE MYTHOLOGY OF THE BELLA COOLA INDIANS. BOAS, FRANZ MEMOIRS, 2, 1898


  • Type of Item mask
  • Culture Nuxalk
  • Material wood, pigment
  • Measurements length 73.5 cm, width 47.0 cm, height 26.0 cm (overall)

  • Field Collector George Hunt, Franz Boas
  • Received from Morris K. Jesup

  • Made in British Columbia


  • Subject ALK'UNDA'M