Mask, Wasp Dancer

American Museum of Natural History

16/8534

CHIEFLY FEASTS: THE ENDURING KWAKIUTL POTLACH. JONAITIS, ALDONA EXHIBITION CATALOG, 1991 THE NATIVE AMERICANS: THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF NORTH AMERICA. TAYLOR, COLIN F., 1991, Publisher: SALAMANDER BOOKS, LTD FROM THE LAND OF THE TOTEM POLES. JONAITIS, ALDONA, 1988 THE KWAKIUTL OF VANCOUVER ISLAND. BOAS, FRANZ MEMOIRS, 8, 1909

  • Exhibitions

    CHIEFLY FEASTS: THE ENDURING KWAKIUTL POTLATCH (AMNH, NEW YORK, NY, USA, 1991)


  • Type of Item mask
  • Culture Qa'wadtozale
  • Material wood, pigment, copper metal, cloth, string, thread, hide
  • Measurements length 49.0 cm, width 41.0 cm, height 40.0 cm (overall)

  • Received from George Hunt

  • Made in Qa'wadtozale


  • Subject WASP DANCER