Komokwa Mask
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- Date created
- 1997-1998
- Culture/People
- Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl)
- Artist/Maker
- Rupert Scow, Jr., Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl), b. 1957
- Previous seller
- Douglas Reynolds Gallery
- Previous owner
- Kent Brown, Non-Indian
- Donor
- Kent Brown, Non-Indian
- Collection History
- Purchased by Kent Brown at the Douglas Reynolds Gallery (Vancouver, British Columbia) in 1998; donated to NMAI by Kent Brown in 2014.
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- Place
- Gwa'yasdums Village; Gilford Island; Mount Waddington Regional District; British Columbia; Canada
- Archipelago
- British Columbia mainland coastal islands
- Island Name
- Gilford Island
- See related items
- Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl)
- Works of Art (Other)
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 26/9316
- Barcode
- 269316.000
- Object Type
- Works of Art (Other)
- Title
- Komokwa Mask
- Object Name
- Mask
- Media/Materials
- Red cedar, cedar bark, feather/feathers, rope, paint
- Techniques
- Carved, painted, drilled, tied
- Dimensions
- 62.8 x 36.7 x 18.4 cm
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_410453