Ross Hunt, Hok-Hok Mask
Ross Hunt
1948-
Kwagulth
Date
1995
Medium Specific
Red cedar, cedar bark, twine, acrylic paint
Classification
Sculpture: Wood
Dimensions
40 x 10 x 42 in. (101.6 x 25.4 x 106.7 cm)
Accession Number
2020.35.28.16
Credit
Gift of Gloria and Selig Kaplan
Memo / Artist Statement
The Hok Hok mask is a Hamatsa bird monster and was part of the Atlakim dance series, of which there were 40 masks. Not all would be danced in a single season. The Atlakim masks were usually roughly made and burned after 4 seasons of use.
(http://collection-online.moa.ubc.ca/search/item?person%5B0%5D=127&row=8&tab=more)
(http://collection-online.moa.ubc.ca/search/item?person%5B0%5D=127&row=8&tab=more)
Biography
Ross Hunt was born in 1948, is a member of the Fort Rupert Band of the Kwagulth people and the grandson of Mungo Martin. He started carving at the age of 14 and credits his elders and family for his artistic inspiration. His father, the late Chief Thomas Hunt, was a singer and orator and his mother, the late Emma Hunt, was an instructor in the teaching of Kwagult and Nuu chah nulth culture. Ross Hunt apprenticed under his uncle, the late Chief Henry hunt, for four years and with Tony Hunt for six years at Arts of the Raven Gallery in Victoria. He has worked with other noted artists including Calvin Hunt and John Livingston. Ross has also tutored younger artists and taught native language, dancing and aboriginal history at Langara College, Vancouver.
http://mymondotrading.com/gallery/category/hunt-ross-sr-91
http://mymondotrading.com/gallery/category/hunt-ross-sr-91
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