Object Details
- Culture/People
- Gitxsan (Gitksan)
- Collector
- George Thornton Emmons (George T. Emmons/G.T. Emmons), Non-Indian, 1852-1945
- Previous owner
- George Thornton Emmons (George T. Emmons/G.T. Emmons), Non-Indian, 1852-1945
- Seller
- George Thornton Emmons (George T. Emmons/G.T. Emmons), Non-Indian, 1852-1945
- Presenter/funding source
- Thea Heye (Thea Kowne/Mrs. Dorothea Page/Mrs. George Gustav Heye), Non-Indian, 1888-1935
- Collection History
- Collected by Lieutenant George T. Emmons (1852-1945, US Navy 1881-1899) at an unknown date; purchased by MAI from George T. Emmons in 1918 using funds donated by Thea (Mrs. George) Heye.
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- Date created
- circa 1910
- Catalog Number
- 8/7996
- Barcode
- 087996.000
- Object Type
- Masks and Masking
- Indigenous Term
- amiilux m k'utk'unuxs maas
- Object Name
- Owl mask
- Media/Materials
- Wood, copper, paint
- Techniques
- Carved, painted
- Dimensions
- 30 x 21 x 36 cm
- Place
- Skeena River; Kispiox (Kishpiyeoux); Kitimat-Stikine Regional District; British Columbia; Canada
- See related items
- Gitxsan (Gitksan)
- Masks and Masking
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Record ID
- NMAI_95086
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws63e5b497e-8e84-4188-afe1-7b62c1c2c4cc
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