This portrait style frontlet of a chief’s late daughter from the 1800’s was a big influence on my work. The mask is my portrait of my ancestor, Chief Mungo Martin. I have carved masks like this of a number of my ancestors, although portrait masks are almost a lost tradition in Northwest coast Native art.

 

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