Whale Mask

Unknown artist

Before 1908

Wood, Fibre, Paint

Museum of Anthropology at UBC

A carved wooden mask in the shape of a whale, painted with black, red, green, and white details. The mask has a large eye on each side and decorative circular motifs along its body. A carved wooden mask in the shape of a whale, painted with black, red, green, and white details. The mask has a large eye on each side and decorative circular motifs along its body. Physical description: Mask or headdress representing a whale with a moveable tail, pectoral fins and dorsal fin. Large cylindrical nostrils and raised eyes. Three large holes on the forehead. The mask is painted black with a design on both sides of the tail in white and red. Five concentric circle designs in black, white and red on the sides of the body with u-form designs behind the head. The head is painted black with red and green around the eyes, gre