Maskette Item Number: 25.0/325 from the The Burke: University of Washington
Exhibit Label
Bugwis, the Merman, is represented in this miniature mask, an example of the small carvings made in great numbers today by the Kwakwaka'wakw for sale in souvenir outlets. The mask can be identified as Bugwis by its large rodent-like incisors and the browline merging in a downward sweep with the nose. (Holm, Crooked Beak of Heaven, 1972)
Item History
- Made by Henry Hunt
- Received from Mrs. Anne Gerber
What
Who
- Culture
- Kwakwaka'wakw: Kwagu'l
- Creator
- Henry Hunt
- Received from
- Mrs. Anne Gerber
Where
- Holding Institution
- The Burke: University of Washington
Other
- Credit
- Sidney Gerber Collection, Gift of Anne Gerber
- Motif
- Bugwees
- Collection
- Burke Museum Ethnology Collection