MCM Ceramic Tiki Mask MarkTobey The traditional Kwakiutl blue pigment

The traditional Kwakiutl blue pigment Vivianite (an iron phosphate mineral) by contrast was generally duller and darker with varying gray undertones and was difficult and laborious to extract

which may have served as a tomb guardian

Good impression on cream vellum

their fertile powers working their way into the forest undergrowth to invigorate the growth of the next generation of sacred trees

Her stomach appears to show a face hinting that this is a pregnant female figure

MCM Ceramic Tiki Mask MarkTobey The traditional Kwakiutl blue pigmentMid century modern ceramic tiki NW Coast mask Old label reads Crafted and copyrighted by SHAMANS British Columbia. Canada. 10 in H