Gyidakhanis Mask Item Number: 25.0/315 from the The Burke: University of Washington

Exhibit Label

Almost all Northwest Coast masks representing human males show a mustache, and often also a small beard on the point of the chin. The characteristic Kwakwaka'wakw use of green paint in the eyesocket is seen here as well as the customary painting of the features. A red formline design is painted on each cheek and merges with the red nostrils. (Holm, Crooked Beak of Heaven, 1972)

Automatically Generated From Material

The paint is black, green, white, and red.