Yagis - Kwagu'l Sea Monster Item Number: 2004-90/3 from the The Burke: University of Washington
Exhibit Label
Spirit of the Ancestors-Spectacular sea-monster masks are part of the Kwakwaka'wakw Tlasula ceremony. Masked dancers impersonating supernatural beings enter the big house in firelight, dramatizing an encounter and declaring the high status of the family presenting the dance. This sea monster can spout water through the float at the top of its head by the dancer blowing on a plastic hose and water container concealed inside the mask.
Automatically Generated From Material
The cedar bark is rope. The tube is plastic. The cloth is black. The paint is red, black, green, and orange.
Item History
- Made by Calvin Hunt
- Received from Charlie Pancerzewski
What
- Name
- Yagis - Kwagu'l Sea Monster
- Identification Number
- 2004-90/3
- Type of Item
- mask
- Material
- red cedar wood, cedar bark, rope, plastic, copper ore metal, horse hair, cloth, string, nail and paint
- Manufacturing Technique
- carved, painted, nailed and tied
- Overall
- height 30.0 in, width 30.0 in
Who
- Culture
- Kwakwaka'wakw: Kwagu'l
- Creator
- Calvin Hunt
- Received from
- Charlie Pancerzewski
Where
- Holding Institution
- The Burke: University of Washington
Other
- Credit
- Gift of Charlie and Gayle Pancerzewski
- Motif
- Sea Monster | Yagis
- Collection
- Burke Museum Ethnology Collection