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Bear Mask

MOA: University of British Columbia

3259/1

Wooden bear face mask. Bear has large circular black eyes surrounded by a tapering black oval, outlined in red. Eyes sit in slightly sunken hollows, above which are prominent black brows. Red split U within black U form ears, curling red nostrils, and a red tongue sticking out. 'HAIDA ART' and Reid's signature carved into base of mask and again on the back. (The back has two eye screws strung with wire, for hanging.)

  • Narrative

    Item number 165 in the catalogue "Bill Reid: a Retrospective Exhibition" (1974; Vancouver Art Gallery).

  • Type of Item mask
  • Culture Haida
  • Material wood, paint, metal
  • Measurements height 36.0 cm, width 24.0 cm, depth 16.3 cm (overall)
  • Creator Bill Reid
  • Previous Owner Margaret Hess
  • Received from Margaret Hess
  • Made in British Columbia
  • Creation Date during 1960
  • Collection Date during 1960
  • Ownership Date before September 28, 2017
  • Acquisition Date on September 28, 2017
  • Condition good
  • Accession Number 3259/0001

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