Thunderbird Transformation Mask Coloring Sheet
Namgis. Thunderbird Transformation Mask, 19th century. Cedar, pigment, leather, nails, metal plate, Open: 31 x 45 x 47 in. (78.7 x 114.3 x 119.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1908, Museum Collection Fund, 08.491.8902. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 08.491.8902_front_PS6.jpg)
Download and color a PDF of a Thunderbird Transformation Mask by Namgis artists. The Thunderbird is believed to be an Ancestral Sky Being of the Namgis clan of the Kwakwaka’wakw. Add bold colors to this bird, who is said to cause thunder to roll when it ruffles its feathers and lightning to flash when it blinks its eyes.
See the original work in the Brooklyn Museum's open collection online: https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/19432
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