M0008894: Portrait of Martha Mawlhun of Kitsegukla, by W. Langdon Kihn

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Watercolour of Martha Mawlhun of the Gitsegukla community (previously Kitsegukla), British Columbia, by Wilfred Langdon Kihn in 1924. According to information provided in the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum accession register, Martha is wearing an amheleit (headdress) carved with the face of a hawk (Mawdzek) with small frogs across the brow. Her blanket or cloak is made of cedar bark, swan down and ermine. Her bracelets are of split raven design engraved in silver by a Haida silversmith. The painting was commissioned by Sir Henry Wellcome for the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1926 and accessioned in June 1933 (accession number CC 8483). It was later removed from the collection and sold at auction (Sotheby's Toronto, 26-28 October 1970, lot 269). Related images: M0008895, M0008896, M0008897, M0008898, M0008899.

M0008894: Portrait of Martha Mawlhun of Kitsegukla, by W. Langdon Kihn

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