This set of four masks represents the supernatural brothers who were created at the beginning of time by the supreme spirit, Ahlkuntam, and given the task of ordering the world. These and other supernatural beings were honored in the Nuxalk Winter Ceremonial, called Kusiut, comparable to the Kwakwaka'wakw Tseyka. The oldest and most powerful brother was named Yula'timot (He Who Completes Any Task with a Single Smoothing motion) and is credited with creating fire. The second brother brought rain and was called MaLapa'litsek (He Who Completes Any Task with a Single Stroke of His Adze). The creator of trees, MaL'ape'exoek (He Who Completes Any Task with Two Strokes of His Adze) was the third brother. IL'iLu'lak (He Who Completes Any Task in a Single Day), the fourth brother, created the world.

The cloth is cotton, red, and plaid.

S'abadeb-Seattle Art Museum In the manner of its use, the elbow adze of this type is closer to the D-adze than to the elbow adzes of the northern Northwest Coast. This style of adze, with many local variations, was used throughout the Puget Sound and Hood Canal areas. With the carver's hand positioned close over the top of the blade, the short handle added only a little leverage to the carving effort. With experience, however, a tool like this can accomplish a great deal of accurate wood removal. All kinds of hewing tasks were done with this tool, from the sculpting of canoes, models, bowls, and trays to the flattening and truing of planks split from large cedar trees with wedges made of wood.

The glass bead is blue and white.