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Whale-Shaped Mask Used in the Whale Dance

Gwa'sala Kwakwaka'wakw

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Caption

Gwa'sala Kwakwaka'wakw. Whale-Shaped Mask Used in the Whale Dance, 1868–1900. Hide, wood, pigment, string, 9 7/16 × 13 3/8 × 63 in. (24 × 34 × 160 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1905, Museum Collection Fund, 05.588.7299. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Title

Whale-Shaped Mask Used in the Whale Dance

Date

1868–1900

Medium

Hide, wood, pigment, string

Classification

Masks

Dimensions

9 7/16 × 13 3/8 × 63 in. (24 × 34 × 160 cm)

Credit Line

Museum Expedition 1905, Museum Collection Fund

Accession Number

05.588.7299

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Artists and makers

Gwa'sala Kwakwaka'wakw

51 works in the collection