Skip to main content
Artist/Maker
Hugh Hanara
(Māori)
Date2005
MediumCarved Rimu wood with pāua shell inlay
DimensionsOverall: 13 × 5 5/8 × 1 3/4 in. (33 × 14.3 × 4.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Katherine Tyler Faison, Kirkland Class of 1979
Object number2024.4
Not on view
DescriptionContemporary carved wooden "mask" self-portrait of the artist with shell inlay for eyes, in the traditional style of Māori ancestor mask carving (whakairo). The title is Te Timatanga Hou (the Māori language) and translates as "New Beginnings." It depicts the artist in two phases of life, represented by layers. This work is a wall hanging and was never intended to be worn as a mask.
Collections
Additional Details
Alternate Titles
A New Beginning
Exhibition History
Donor stated work was on display for a period of time in a restaurant in Brooklyn, NY.
Inscribed
Verso (carved): "Te Timatanga / Hou"
Unknown artist
Date: c. 1870-75
Medium: Leather with dentalium shells and trade beads
Object number: 1984.456
Unknown artist
Date: date unknown
Medium: Wood, black and red pigment, shells or seeds, feathers, gum or resin
Object number: 2023.10.49
Unknown artist
Date: 19th century
Medium: Cast bronze with inlay on marble base
Object number: 2023.10.73
Unknown artist, Japanese
Date: 19th century
Medium: Carved wood
Object number: 1992.17.2
Yashua Klos
Date: 2021
Medium: Stained and charred maple
Object number: 2022.2
Yashua Klos
Date: 2018
Medium: Collage with woodblock prints and graphite on paper
Object number: 2019.1
Dr. Francesco Antommarchi
Date: modeled 1821, cast 1833
Medium: Bronze
Object number: INV.417
N. James
Date: June 1818
Medium: Watercolor on paper
Object number: 1971.11
Thomas Nast
Date: published December 16, 1876
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.354