Yagim Mask
Object type: Mask
Department: Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
Culture: Kwakwaka’wakw (Kwakiutl)
Artist: George Walkus
Artist bio: FIrst Nation, Kwakwaka’wakw (Kwakiutl), ca. 1875–ca. 1958
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: First Nation
Date: 1920–25
Medium: Mask: Wood, metal, pigment; back cloth: cotton factory woven cloth, pigment.
Dimensions: H. 33 x W. 18 in. (83.8 x 45.7 cm)
Classification: Wood-Sculpture
Geography:    British Columbia Canada  
Credit line: Ralph T. Coe Collection, Gift of Ralph T. Coe Foundation for the Arts, 2011
Accession year: 2011
Tags: Faces|Ceremonial Objects