Bukwus Mask Item Number: 25.0/220 from the The Burke: University of Washington
Automatically Generated From Material
The paint is black, red, white, and gray.
Exhibit Label
Like the Dzoonokwa, Bukwus is a wild creature of the woods. Described as a chief of the ghosts, he tempts travellers to eat his food, which transforms them into wild spirits like himself. The Bukwus dance is performed during the Tlasula.
Item History
- Made by Charlie George Sr.
- Received from Mrs. Anne Gerber
What
Who
- Culture
- Kwakwaka'wakw and Quatsino
- Creator
- Charlie George Sr.
- Received from
- Mrs. Anne Gerber
Where
- Holding Institution
- The Burke: University of Washington
Other
- Credit
- Sidney Gerber Collection, Gift of Anne Gerber
- Motif
- Bukwus
- Collection
- Burke Museum Ethnology Collection