Painting

About this object

Narrative

One of a set originally painted in a spiral drawing book while Mungo Martin was in a Vancouver hospital in 1951.

Physical description

Raven monster mask in black and red on a white background. Painted on a page of a spiral drawing book. The head is in profile and facing to the right side. The circular black pupil and eye are surrounded by a black oval that is pointed at both ends. The lower back of the black beak has a red ovoid. The lips are red. Behind the back of the mouth, there are two sideways black u forms urrounded by a red one. Red lines emanate from the top of the head. Red spots drip down from the bottom back of the head. Pen on the top left corner reads a word for 'raven mask of hamatsa'. The painting is horizontally rectangular.