Dzoonokwa Mask Item Number: 1-1450 from the The Burke: University of Washington
Exhibit Label
Dzoonokwa, a Sasquatch-like creature, belongs to a family of humanoid giants who are both beneficial and menacing to humans. She is known to steal children, but can also bestow power and wealth. A chief who wears this mask when he speaks demonstrates that his ancestors gained this power. (Holm, Spirit and Ancestor, 1987)
Automatically Generated From Material
The paint is red.
Item History
- Received from Mrs. Walter C. Waters
What
Who
- Culture
- Kwakwaka'wakw
- Received from
- Mrs. Walter C. Waters
Where
- Holding Institution
- The Burke: University of Washington
Other
- Credit
- Purchased from Mrs. Walter C. Waters
- Motif
- Dzoonokwa
- Collection
- Burke Museum Ethnology Collection