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.

Kwakwaka'wakw box lids characteristically have a high, raised edge along one side and it is this flange, painted with a stylized face and inlaid with sea otter teeth, which remains from the ancient lids and which had a prominent part in the ceremonial repayment of the marriage price. The goods to be transferred, among them a box containing ritual material symbolizing the dances, were gathered on the ground within a square bounded by a line of the archaic lids. (Holm, Spirit and Ancestor, 1987)

Family crests are displayed on carved wooden plaques attached to dance headdresses. These have a long trailer of ermine skins and a crown of upright sea lion whiskers. This whisker "fence" holds eagle down, symbolizing peace, that cascades out as the dancer bobs his or her head. This gives the name Feather Dances to the Tlasula.

The paint is red, white, black, and green.

The paint is black.