HAIDA MALE PORTRAIT MASK, 1973 by Freda Horiuchi Inthe early 1950s this shield

Inthe early 1950s this shield was carried into a now legendary battle by the W e War Chief "Komur" against the village of Irogo

30 x 40:in

fossilized brow horn from a triceratops (Triceratops horridus)

The sheer scale of the mask was intended to reflect the fearsome size of the cannibal giant

thought to represent an offering

HAIDA MALE PORTRAIT MASK, 1973 by Freda Horiuchi Inthe early 1950s this shieldMALE PORTRAIT MASK, 1973 alderwood, cedar bark, and paint, signed and dated, Carved from Alderwood by FREDA DIESING 1973; inscribed with the artists initials, Freda Diesing was a Haida woman of the Sadsugohilanes Clan, one of very few female carvers of Northwest Coast totem poles and a member of the Council of the Haida Nation of British Columbia, Canada. Her Haida name is Skil Kew Wat, meaning magical little woman.