Full Moon Portrait Mask by Sam Henderson

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• Nation: Kwakwaka' wakw art, Kwakiutl art, native artists Vancouver Island
• Artist: Henderson, Samuel (Sam)
• Type: Mask

Fantastic Piece of History

MOON MASK by Sam Henderson - this mask has been danced many times - it went back to the family...

 

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About This Artist

Family patriarch, Samuel (Sam) Henderson was born in a Nakwaktok village in 1905. His father was Kenneth Henderson, a Scottish engineer and his mother Lucy Johnson, a high ranking Nakwatok woman. Sam himself was a high-ranking Nakwaxda’x...Artist bio and other available works »