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  1. Chief Henry Speck, Moon Mask Dancers
Item Details

Title: Moon Mask Dancers

Artist: Chief Henry Speck

Date: [1962]

Format: Painting [watercolour]

Location: Museum of Anthropology, UBC

Fonds: MOA ID A8003

Size: 36.60 × 42.90 cm

More Information: Three masked dancers with button blankets, one with a killer whale on the back. Two front facing dancers wear cedar bark neck rings. Courtesy UBC Museum of Anthropology, Vancouver, Canada, A8003. Derek Tan photographer.

Further Research: Aboriginal Art in the Sixties
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    Nikki Moir and Chief Henry Speck (Ephemera)
  2. 10. Sea Monster Dance Mask
    Chief Henry Speck (Drawing)
  3. 11. Video screening at Intermedia
    Michael de Courcy, Roy Kiyooka, and Henry Rappaport (Photograph)
  4. 12. Video screening at Intermedia
    Michael de Courcy, Al Neil, and Henry Rappaport (Photograph)
  5. 13. Mick Henry opening
    Michael de Courcy (Photograph)
  6. 14. Henry Rappaport outside of Intermedia on 4th Avenue
    Michael de Courcy and Henry Rappaport (Photograph)
  7. 15. Father Forgive Them
    Chief Henry Speck (Painting)