Coast Indian Suite
MOA: University of British Columbia
2980/19
Panel 19 in a series of 20 panels. Drawing of a Bella Coola echo mask. The mask sits left of centre and is oval in shape, with a flat top and short forehead. Heavy dark brows sit above round yellow and rust coloured eyes. The nose is bright green with brown nostrils. The mouth is light green and grey, with a long upper portion that thins to lips which hang far below the jawline and curve sharply to the left. The background of the drawing shows trees, a distant forest landscape and heavy mist in charcoal and black conte. Covered with plexi frame.
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Narrative
Image publication © Courtesy of Simon Fraser University Galleries, Burnaby, British Columbia.
- Type of Item drawing
- Culture Canadian
- Measurements height 154.0 cm, width 103.0 cm, depth 5.6 cm (frame) height 152.5 cm, width 101.5 cm (image)
- Creator Jack Shadbolt
- Previous Owner Arne Mathisen, Bertha Margaret Mathisen
- Received from Bertha Margaret Mathisen
- Made in Burnaby
- Creation Date during 1976
- Ownership Date before 1998, before November 8, 2012
- Acquisition Date on November 8, 2012
- Item Classes paintings
- Condition excellent
- Accession Number 2980/0019