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Photo: Paul Macapia
'Ma'ma'k'wagamhl (mask of the Moon)
Photo: Paul Macapia

'Ma'ma'k'wagamhl (mask of the Moon)

Dateca. 1945
Maker Joe Seaweed Kwakwaka'wakw, 'Nak'waxda'xw, Blunden Harbour, 1910-1983
Label TextSon of famed carver Willie Seaweed, Joe Seaweed creates a representation of the full moon. During the tla’sala ceremonial, full- and crescent moon-masked dancers—using whistles for their voices—comically argue over which moon brings forth the largest fish run.
Object number91.1.3
ProvenanceMicheal R. Johnson, Seattle, Washington, until 1973; John H. Hauberg, Seattle, Washington, 1973-1991; Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington
Photo CreditPhoto: Paul Macapia
Exhibition HistoryPacific Science Center, Seattle, Washington, Smoky-Top: The Art and Times of Willie Seaweed, September 1983 - February 1984Published ReferencesThe Spirit Within: Northwest Coast Native Art from the John H. Hauberg Collection, Seattle Art Museum, 1995, pg. 236; Holm, Bill, Smoky-Top: The Art and Times of Willie Seaweed, University of Washington Press, 1983, fig. 125. Other Documentation: Shown in photograph of Willie Seaweed with Tom Patch Wamiss and hid wife, Charlie George, Jr., George Scow, and Charles Nowell, Riveredge Foundation (Holm 1983: 31)
Credit LineGift of John H. Hauberg
Dimensions18 7/8 x 7 7/8 x 4 7/8 in. (47.94 x 20 x 12.38 cm)
MediumRed cedar, red cedar bark, mink pelts, paint, plywood
Photo: Paul Macapia
Willie Seaweed (Hilamas)
ca. 1940
Object number: 91.1.1
Red cedar bark neck ring
Native American, Kwakwaka'wakw
ca. 1900
Object number: 91.1.15
Red cedar bark neck ring
Native American, Kwakwaka'wakw
ca. 1930
Object number: 91.1.17
Huxwhukw'iwe' (mask of the Huxwhukw)
Willie Seaweed (Hilamas)
ca. 1938
Object number: 91.1.2
Forehead Mask of the Crooked Beak
Native American, Kwakwaka'wakw
ca. 1930
Object number: 91.1.11
Photo: Paul Macapia
Native American, Kwakwaka'wakw
ca. 1940
Object number: 91.1.12
Photo: Paul Macapia
Native American, Kwakwaka'wakw
ca. 1940
Object number: 91.1.13
Huxwhukw'iwe' (mask of the Huxwhukw)
Native American, Kwakwaka'wakw
ca. 1910
Object number: 91.1.145
Photo: Paul Macapia
Mungo Martin (Nakapankam)
ca. 1940
Object number: 91.1.7
Photo: Paul Macapia
First Nations, Nuu-chah-nulth, Hesquiat
ca. 1930
Object number: 91.1.26
Photo: Paul Macapia
First Nations, Nuu-chah-nulth, Hesquiat
ca. 1900
Object number: 91.1.70
Photo: Paul Macapia
First Nations, Nuu-chah-nulth, Hesquiat
ca. 1890
Object number: 91.1.23