Mask (Image withheld)
date: label: Date created
content: 1860-1900
name: label: Culture/People
content: Gitxsan (Gitksan)
label: Previous owner
content: Shenie-deaks, Gitxsan (Gitksan)
label: Collector
content: George Thornton Emmons (George T. Emmons/G.T. Emmons), Non-Indian, 1852-1945
label: Seller
content: George Thornton Emmons (George T. Emmons/G.T. Emmons), Non-Indian, 1852-1945
label: Previous owner
content: George Thornton Emmons (George T. Emmons/G.T. Emmons), Non-Indian, 1852-1945
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collected by Lieutenant George T. Emmons (1852-1945, US Navy 1881-1899) from "Shenie-deaks, the principal chief of the Kitwangool [Gitanyow] tribe" at an unknown date; purchased by George Heye/MAI from George T. Emmons in 1916.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Gitanyow (Kitwancool), Gitanyow Reserve; Kitimat-Stikine Regional District; British Columbia; Canada
setName: label: See related items
content: Gitxsan (Gitksan)
label: See related items
content: Masks and Masking
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 5/6902
label: Barcode
content: 056902.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Masks and Masking
label: Indigenous Term
content: amiilux m oots'in
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Mask (Image withheld)
label: Media/Materials
content: Red cedar, hair, graphite, paint, hide thong/babiche
label: Techniques
content: Carved, painted
label: Dimensions
content: 46 x 25 x 21.5 cm