gaxalagamł (Intruder Mask)

The artist sold the box to the MOA Shop. The Acquisition committee decided to purchase it from the Shop for the Museum collection.

contemporary art

Intruder mask.

Mask with a black hair-like design on top of head, a white forehead, black brows, blue around eyes outlined in white, red eye sockets, black and white flat circular eyes, a black nose with a curved bridge and rounded red nostrils, a black moustache with downturned ends, wide slightly parted red lips, and a white u-shaped design on each cheek. There are drilled holes on each side and at the centre top with a leather strip passed through each hole and knotted. The leather strips are tied together at the back of the mask.