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Mask | Eagle1-1460

The paint is white, blue, black, and yellow.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw: 'Namgis
Material
wood and paint
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Frontlet1-1459

These carved frontlets were attached to regal headdresses and used in the Kwakwaka'wakw Tlasula. This beaver is identified by its two large front teeth and stick in its mouth. Its flat tail raised at the top has a human face at the base.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw ?
Material
wood, paint, cloth and pandanus
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Soapberry Spoon6953

Culture
Haida
Material
wood
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Model Totem Pole59

The paint is black, blue, and yellow.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood and paint
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Horn Spoon1447
Whistle25.0/264

Whistle (mudzis): Whistles, such as this two-tone one, are secretly blown in the Tseyka to signal the first approach of a Hamatsa dancer who is possessed by the Cannibal Spirit. Horns were used in the Tlasula, after the disappearance of the initiate dancer, to announce his or her return in the guise of a supernatural being.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, string and paint
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Gyidakhanis Mask25.0/316

This mask was made by Willie Seaweed as part of a set for the Gyidakhanis dance. The most obvious features of the artist are the precision and clarity of the planes of the face and the clean, meticulous painting. The mask is painted a solid white with commercial paint. The tiny mustache, round eyes, and arched eyebrows of typical Seaweed conformation are in glossy black, while the lips and nostrils are in red. (Holm, Crooked Beak of Heaven, 1972)

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw: 'Nakwaxda'xw
Material
wood, paint, feather, eagle and hawk
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Soapberry Spoon25.0/50
Humanoid Mask1-1634

Though its exact use is undocumented, this humanoid mask is carved in the classic Kwakwaka'wakw style. Compare the sharply carved facial planes on this mask with the rounded contours of the Nuxalk masks above.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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