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From card: "Grey wolf."Karen Anderson (Nuxalk elder), Ian Reid (Heiltsuk), Clyde Tallio (Nuxalk) and Jennifer Kramer (anthropologist) of the delegation from Bella Bella, Bella Coola and Rivers Inlet communities of British Columbia made the following comments during the Recovering Voices Community Research Visit May 20th - 24th, 2013. This wolf skin robe was probably sewn together using sinew. These pieces are very sacred, the only time they're danced is in the marriage and dog eater dances. Wolf head pieces would be worn with cedar bark tunics that had copper jingles and red face paint, in addition to the wolf blanket. These marriage ceremonies only belong to the upper valley people. Different furs were worn by chiefs, a chief that had five potlatches for his name is allowed to wear a shawl/drape/robe out of lynx. High ranking people would wear different fur robes, while most others wore cedar bark clothing.