Richard Hunt / Transformation Mask / 1993

Richard Hunt
Transformation Mask
1993
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Creator Name: Hunt, Richard
Creator Nationality: North American; Canadian
Creator Role: Artist
Creator Dates/Places: b. 1951
Gender: M
Creator Name-CRT: Richard Hunt
Creator Nationality: North American; Native American; Kwakiutl
Creator Name-CRT: Kwakiutl
Title: Transformation Mask
View: front
Creation Start Date: 1993
Creation End Date: 1993
Creation Date: 1993
Object Type: Sculpture
Classification Term: Mask
Materials and Techniques: cedar, pigment, cloth, string and wood
Dimensions: H.13 x W.12-1/4 x D.20-1/2 in.
AMICA Contributor: The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Owner Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
ID Number: 93.42
Credit Line: The Anne and Hadlai Hall Fund
Rights: http://www.artsmia.org/restrictions.html
Context:

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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AMICA ID: MIA_.93.42
Component Measured: overall
Measurement Unit: in
AMICA Library Year: 1998
Media Metadata Rights: ?The Minneapolis Institute of Arts

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