Mask

Culture/People
Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl)
Collector
Dorr F. Tozier (D. F. Tozier), Non-Indian, 1843-1946
Previous owner
Dorr F. Tozier (D. F. Tozier), Non-Indian, 1843-1946
Seattle Land and Improvement Company
Fred E. Sander (Fred Everett Sander), Non-Indian, 1854-1921
Seller
Seattle Land and Improvement Company
Fred E. Sander (Fred Everett Sander), Non-Indian, 1854-1921
Seller agent
George Louis Berg (G. L. Berg), Non-Indian, 1868-1941
Collection History
Collected between 1894 and 1907 by Captain Dorr F. Tozier (1843-1926, associated with the U.S. Revenue Cutter Service); Tozier's collection was purchased in 1909 by the Washington State Art Association (Seattle, Washington); when the Association defaulted on its payments for the collection in 1916, it became the property of the Seattle Land Improvement Company, owned by Fred E. Sander (1854-1921); in 1917, George Louis Berg (1868-1941, director of the Washington State Art Association) negotiated on Fred Sander’s behalf to sell the collection, which was purchased that year by MAI using funds donated by MAI’s Board of Trustees.
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Place
Vancouver Island; British Columbia; Canada
Archipelago
Vancouver Island Group
Island Name
Vancouver Island
See related items
Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl)
Ceremonial/Ritual items
Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Catalog Number
6/8849
Barcode
068849.000
Object Type
Ceremonial/Ritual items
Object Name
Mask
Media/Materials
Wood
Techniques
Carved, painted
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6a0dba271-7228-49eb-9a26-2f5854b00d1e
Record ID
NMAI_74408