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Transformation Mask
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Richard Hunt ; Richard Hunt
Date

1993
Institution Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location On view at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, G259
Transformation Mask, Richard Hunt ; Richard Hunt
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Many Northwest Coast masks embody the spiritual link between animals and humans. When used at the beginning of a dance, this mask represents a raven, but later as it opens the bird transforms to a human.
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Medium: Mask (Do Not Use) | Cedar, pigment, cloth, string, wood
Size: 1
Creation Place: North America, Canada, Northwest Coast region
Culture: Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl), North America, Canada, Northwest Coast region
Style: 20th century
Credit: Collection Minneapolis Institute of Arts; The Anne and Hadlai Hull Fund
Accession Number: 93.42
Rights: © Richard Hunt, C.M., O.B.C.
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Added to Site: February 28, 2009
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