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Headdress3703/4

Whirling wolf headdress (hinkeetsim), made of two planks with an adjoining nose piece, base, and five slats; three on top and two on bottom. Slats form a triangular frame, with headdress tapering towards front. Wolf face is carved and painted on exterior of planks, using formline design elements. High nostrils swirl above top edge of mask, with triangular cut outs. Curved line, made of U-shapes, extends from wide bared teeth and behind large eyes. Eyes are black and white, inside a red ovoid. Triangles and squares in negative space of face. Three circles, connected with a curved line, above eyes. Rows of multi-coloured semi-circles protrude from back of mask. Mask is painted white, with designs done in red, yellow, orange, black, and green. Additional pieces of wood attached to interior, to support circular decorations along top edge. Base has a circular cut out, for head, in between the two slats. Interior is undecorated.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Hesquiaht
Material
wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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