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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’a 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 – one of many designed by Wilson – 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’s singing is said to represent “the common voice of all people, it is therefore empowering and magical to be a recipient of a mystical performance.”2

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A mannequin head wearing a blue face mask with a white frog print
Side view of a mannequin head wearing a blue face mask with a white frog print
Close up of a mannequin head wearing a blue mask with a white frog print on it
Blue mask with a white Indigenous frog pattern
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