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THBPacific NW Kwakiutl Wood Mask Elderly Woman - Tsungani
Lot 127a
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Native American, Pacific Northwest, Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl) people, ca. 1980 CE, signed and dated on the back by Tsungani. A hand-carved red cedar mask, made by Tsungani (Fearon Smith Jr.), the younger brother of Chief Lelooska and chief of the Wiummasgum clan. The mask depicts an elderly woman. Copious incised lines representing wrinkles mark her advanced age. Her expressive open mouth presents with only lower teeth and red lips, and the hairs of her eyebrows are meticulously delineated with black pigment, while the natural beauty of the cedar still comes through. Finally, wispy white-blonde hair frames her face, imbuing the mask with even greater humanity. Size: 7.8" W x 8.4" H (19.8 cm x 21.3 cm); 10.8" H (27.4 cm) on included custom stand. Size: 9.125" L x 7.5" W (23.2 cm x 19 cm)
Tsungani is the younger brother of Don Lelooska. In 1996, after his brother's death, Tsungani assumed the leadership role of the family and was given Don's title of Chief. Today, Tsungani is the head storyteller and a mask carver for the Lelooska Cultural Center and Lelooska Foundation.
Provenance: private Newport Beach, California, USA collection
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#157561Signed and dated in pencil on the verso. String threaded through perforations at temples for suspension. Minute nick to lower lip of visage that may have occurred when Tsungani carved the mask. Overall excellent.Condition
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