Kwakiutl Ceremonial Dance Mask - SOLD
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British Columbia
1860
Height 12.7" Width 9"
Provenance: Purchased from the heirs of Sam Borenstein acclaimed Canadian artist of note. He was a friend, business partner, and colleague of Marius Barbeau for many years who was a specialist and author of books on the North West Coast peoples. Borenstein obtained this important dance mask from Barbeau in the early 1950s and held it in great esteem until his death in 1969. It was inherited by his two daughters.
This mask depicts the wild woman of the woods or Tsonokwa, also known as Dzunuk’wa. A magnificent and powerful example that still retains its original "bite plate". Well used with outstanding patina.