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Figure

MOA: University of British Columbia

3163/1

Small carved face is wide and oval in shape, with a protruding nose over an open mouth with carved teeth top and bottom. Eyes are oblong, with small round pupils incised at top. Brows are heavy and have remnants of black paint on sides. Two small holes are bored through the wood below centre at each edge. Back is concave with a group of faded black lines running horizontally in the top section.

  • Narrative

    The donor's husband purchased the carving in the late 1950s when he was a deckhand on the Thomas Crosby IV boat. It was sold to him off the dock of a coastal village--likely either Hartley Bay, Bella Bella or Bella Coola.

  • History Of Use

    Original use unknown, however it appears to have originally been tied or pegged to the front of a headdress or frontlet? The upper part of the back is painted with diagonal lines on the top third of its concave surface, suggesting the top part may have extended above the piece it was attached to.

  • Type of Item figure
  • Culture Northwest Coast
  • Material wood
  • Measurements height 7.2 cm, width 8.8 cm, depth 3.0 cm (overall)
  • Previous Owner Shirley Whyte
  • Received from Shirley Whyte
  • Made in British Columbia
  • Collection Date during 1958
  • Ownership Date before April 1, 2016
  • Acquisition Date on April 1, 2016
  • Item Classes carvings & sculpture
  • Condition fair
  • Accession Number 3163/0001

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