The identification of this mask is uncertain, but the long fringe of red-dyed shredded cedar bark decorating it leads to the conclusion that it belongs to the Winter Ceremonial. It is very likely one of the many beings represented by masked dancers in the atlakim. Interestingly, there is a tradition of destroying certain kinds of masks after using them a limited number of times, and the atlakim is one of the performances of which this was said to have been typical. The modelling of the features, with sharp definition of the eyesocket and deeply grooved cheek line, together with the white painted background and green eyesockets, clearly proclaim Kwakwaka'wakw origin. (Holm, Crooked Beak of Heaven, 1972)

Small honey coloured birch bark basket with circular top and square bottom. Bark is cut, bent and laced into shape at two sides, with a twig rim which is overcast with strips of root? The lighter coloured bark is to the interior.

Brown birch bark basket with a slightly oblong-shaped top and a square bottom. Bark is cut, bent and laced into place at twp sides, with a twig around the rim which is overcast with thin strips of dyed black root or bark. Vertical half-moon and linear patterns are scratched onto the exterior sides, revealing a lighter shade of bark. Interior is light coloured with a very rough surface.

Brown birch bark basket with an oblong-shaped top and a rectangular bottom. Bark is cut, bent and laced into place at the two ends, with a twig around the rim overcast with thin strips of dyed root? Vertical half-moon and linear patterns are scratched onto the exterior sides, revealing a lighter shade of bark.

Square birch bark basket with rounded corners at the rim. Bark is bent and laced into place at two sides, with a birch twig around the rim which is overcast with a dyed root? The dark part of the bark, speckled with lighter streaks and patches, is to the outside.

Rectangular brown birch bark basket with lid. Bark is cut, bent and laced together with reddish coloured root at the four corners. Twig splints around the rim of both lid and basket that are overcast with thin strips of root? and the lid also has interwoven long strands of black hair. Geometric and linear patterns of cross hatching and inverted triangles are scratched onto the exterior sides of the basket and top of the lid, revealing a lighter shade of bark. Lid has an arched handle-like strip of bark attached to the top centre with two X stitches of dark root.

Colourful headdress with a turtle on mulberry fibre, wrapped around the front of a corrugated cardboard and plastic head ring covered with white fabric and decorative elements. A long blonde hair wig and pink feathers are stitched on to a frame at the back. Around and above the nose of the turtle are bands of green and red metal beads and brown shells, from the top of which project five black fabric-covered wood sticks with white shells and ivory coloured polished coconut shell rings adhered to their lengths.

Portrait mask. Red, blue and black facial features and tattoo are painted onto the natural wood background. Abalone shell discs and a thin band are glued to the eyes and mouth and a thick coil of red bark rope is attached along the chin line. Long twists of dark hair and tied bundles of painted red bark strips with blue ends drape across the forehead and down the sides.