Bukwus Mask Item Number: 25.0/220 from the The Burke: University of Washington
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.
Automatically Generated From Material
The paint is black, red, white, and gray.
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