Transformation Mask

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Title	Transformation Mask
Artist	Richard Hunt
Date	1993
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	On view at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, G259

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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:

Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects, Mask | Cedar, pigment, cloth, string, wood

Size:

13 x 12 1/4 x 20 1/2 in. (33.0 x 31.1 x 52.1 cm)

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:

Artist:

Richard Hunt, Canadian, born 1951

Role:

Artist

Nationality:

Canadian, Kwakiutl

Life Dates:

Canadian, born 1951

Added to Site:

February 28, 2009

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Amanda Thompson Rundahl March 9, 2010

Kwakwaka'wakw is pronounced: kwa-kwa-ka-wak

Catherine Luebke February 4, 2013

Frog Girl by Paul Owen Lewis is a great story to use while training. The art work is very simlar and it really tied it all together for the kids. We read to all classes grades K-5.

Abbie Anderson February 5, 2013

Thanks for the suggestion, Catherine! Get more information about Frog Girl here, on Paul Owen Lewis' website: http://www.paulowenlewis.com/books/froggirl.html.

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