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Seal Headdress

MOA: University of British Columbia

3106/9

Carved and painted seal headdress. Headdress is a rounded triangular shape with a snub nose. Forehead and crown are grey. Thick black bands outlined in white form eyebrows over shallow white hollows meeting above nose. Eyes are black circles ringed by a black circle and a rounded red arrow. Nose is grey with thin red curls for nostrils. Carved red lips outlined in white over grey cheeks. Ribbed black cloth and rough cotton strips hang down back of mask. Plastic headgear attached to interior.

  • Type of Item headdress
  • Culture Kwakwaka'wakw
  • Material cedar wood, acrylic paint, synthetic fibre, cotton fibre, plastic, metal
  • Measurements height 38.0 cm, width 25.0 cm, depth 48.0 cm (overall)
  • Creator Doug Cranmer
  • Previous Owner Vivien Cranmer
  • Received from Vivien Cranmer, Michael O'Brian Family Foundation
  • Made in Alert Bay
  • Creation Date during 1974
  • Ownership Date before April 25, 2015
  • Acquisition Date on April 25, 2015
  • Condition good
  • Accession Number 3106/0009

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