Mechanical mask representing sea monster and octopus
date: label: Date created
content: 1870-1910
name: label: Culture/People
content: Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl)
label: Possible collector
content: George Gustav Heye (GGH), Non-Indian, 1874-1957
label: MAI agent
content: George Gustav Heye (GGH), Non-Indian, 1874-1957
label: Presenter/funding source
content: Harmon W. Hendricks (Harmon Washington Hendricks), Non-Indian, 1846-1928
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collected or purchased from an unknown source by George Heye for MAI during travel in British Columbia in 1920 using funds donated by MAI trustee Harmon W. Hendricks (1846-1928).
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Cape Mudge; Strathcona Regional District; British Columbia; Canada
label: Archipelago
content: Vancouver Island Group
label: Island Name
content: Vancouver Island
setName: label: See related items
content: Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl)
label: See related items
content: Masks and Masking
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 10/274
label: Barcode
content: 100274.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Masks and Masking
label: Indigenous Term
content: tak'wagaml
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Mechanical mask representing sea monster and octopus
label: Media/Materials
content: Wood, cotton cloth, paint
label: Techniques
content: Painted, carved