Mask

Item number A6320 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.

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Description

Wooden, carved, raven mask with a long beak and S-shaped cutout nostrils. The beak is hinged with pieces of skin on either side, nailed to the lower mouth. The beak and nostrils are painted black with white and red edging. The eye is outlined in black and red on a white background. The eyebrow is black with white and red U-shapes repeated above. The top of the head is decorated with cedar bark fringe and black feathers. Long strips of cedar run down the back and bottom of the mask. The inside of the mask is hollow with a wooden T-form at the back.

History Of Use

Worn by Hamats!a dancer.

Iconographic Meaning

Represents Gwaxgwaxwalanuxsiwe', Raven at the North End of the World, one of the servants of Baxwbakwalanuxsiwe', cannibal at the north end of the world.