This "queen" mask, with a motherly face, supports a child on her head. She is adorned with a complex costume, walks with long strides, carrying canes and occasionally a vodka bottle.
Wood with raffia
30 x 5 x 6in. (76.2 x 12.7 x 15.2cm)
Gift of Simon Ottenberg, in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Seattle Art Museum
2005.60
Photo: Susan Cole
Now on view at the
Seattle Art Museum
Seattle Art Museum respectfully acknowledges that we are on Indigenous land, the traditional territories of the Coast Salish people. We honor our ongoing connection to these communities past, present, and future.
