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Dzunuk'wa Mask

MOA: University of British Columbia

3370/1

Large Dzunuk'wa mask painted black and red. Mask has a protruding forehead, sunken temples and cheeks, recessed narrow eyes, hooked nose, and large pursed lips. Mask has long hair parted at the middle, long bushy eyebrows, a long moustache and goatee, all made from horse hair nailed to the mask. Back/inside is plain carved wood.

  • Iconographic Meaning

    A black mask with pursed lips indicates the mask represents Dzunuk'wa.

  • Type of Item mask
  • Culture Kwakwaka'wakw
  • Material wood, paint, horse hair, metal, fibre
  • Measurements height 113.0 cm, width 71.0 cm, depth 33.0 cm (overall)
  • Creator Beau Dick
  • Previous Owner Nordelph Holdings Ltd.
  • Received from Nordelph Holdings Ltd.
  • Made in British Columbia
  • Creation Date during 2006
  • Ownership Date before June 28, 2019
  • Acquisition Date on June 28, 2019
  • Condition good

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