Medicine Masks of the Northwest Coast Tribes
Artist
Paul Kane
(Canadian, 1810 - 1871)
Date1847
Mediumwatercolor and pencil on paper
Dimensions5 3/8 x 9 inches (13.6 x 22.9 cm)
Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965
Object number31.78.27
ClassificationsPaintings
Label TextThis sketch was probably made on Vancouver Island and represents masks from several different tribes.
ProvenanceArtist; by descent to his grandson, Paul Kane III [1889-1958], Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; purchased September 17, 1957 through (Edward Eberstadt & Sons, New York, New York) by H.J. Lutcher Stark [1887-1965]; bequeathed September 2, 1965 to the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation; accessioned to the Stark Museum of Art
On View
Not on view
Paul Kane
after 1848 [content covers 1845 - 1848]
