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Finawear
Frog Mask
Finawear by Shar Wilson
Victoria, BC
Double knit polyester
2020
FRC2021.01.025
Artist Shar Wilson is Tsimshian of Gitxsan and Nisga鈥檃 ancestry, descending from the House of Ladaax from the Frog (or Ganada) clan, found throughout the west coast of British Columbia and in the USA. This mask 鈥 one of many designed by Wilson 鈥 honours her clan with its white frog print. Frogs, as noted by Wilson, are seen as adaptable creatures, due to the fact that they live on land and in water.1 A frog鈥檚 singing is said to represent 鈥渢he common voice of all people, it is therefore empowering and magical to be a recipient of a mystical performance.鈥2
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