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Transformation Mask2004-2/220
- Culture
- Kwakwaka'wakw
- Material
- wood, paint, cedar bark, cotton and string
- Holding Institution
- The Burke: University of Washington
Model Totem Pole2000-130/1
The paint is green, red, black, white, and yellow.
- Culture
- Kwakwaka'wakw
- Material
- wood, paint and abalone shell
- Holding Institution
- The Burke: University of Washington
Basketry Hat | Potlatch Rings2005-21/7
9. TWINED SPRUCE ROOT HAT Haida-style weaving; Kwakwaka'wakw-style painting; rings from a different hat This hat has been altered from its original form. It appears that parts of two separate hats have been joined together, the basketry rings and the crown of the hat (at the top) have been joined to the flaring sides.
- Culture
- Haida and Kwakwaka'wakw
- Material
- spruce root, cedar bark, ermine and paint
- Holding Institution
- The Burke: University of Washington
Round Rattle25.0/290
Round rattles similiar to nothern shamans' rattles are shaken by the attendents of the Hamatsa dancers to help tame them of their wildness. Raven rattles are chiefs' rattles used from Vancouver Island to Southeast Alaska. Headdress dancers use them in the Tlasula.
- Culture
- Kwakwaka'wakw
- Material
- wood, copper metal, string and paint
- Holding Institution
- The Burke: University of Washington
Headdress Frontlet25.0/233
This frontlet is worn on the forehead of a dancer participating in the Tlasula. The back of the headdress is usually covered with a strip of swanskin. Around the upper rim is attached a row of sea lion whiskers. To the back of the crown is attached rows of ermine skins. The carving on this frontlet is apparently a family crest figure representing a hawk or thunderbird. (Holm, Crooked Beak of Heaven, 1972)
- Culture
- Kwakwaka'wakw
- Material
- wood, paint and abalone shell
- Holding Institution
- The Burke: University of Washington
Spoon1991-72/1
The paint is red and black.
- Culture
- Northwest Coast
- Material
- wood and paint
- Holding Institution
- The Burke: University of Washington
Mask1-1667
The paint is green, white, black, gray, and orange.
- Culture
- Kwakwaka'wakw
- Material
- wood, paint, cedar bark, nail and string
- Holding Institution
- The Burke: University of Washington
Mask1-1464
The paint is red, white, black, and green.
- Culture
- Kwakwaka'wakw
- Material
- wood and paint
- Holding Institution
- The Burke: University of Washington
Bukwus Mask25.0/220
Like the Dzoonokwa, Bukwus is a wild creature of the woods. Described as a chief of the ghosts, he tempts travellers to eat his food, which transforms them into wild spirits like himself. The Bukwus dance is performed during the Tlasula.
- Culture
- Kwakwaka'wakw and Quatsino
- Material
- wood, paint, cloth and cord
- Holding Institution
- The Burke: University of Washington
Rattle1-1986
The paint is green and red.
- Culture
- Kwakwaka'wakw: Nakamgalisala
- Material
- cedar wood and paint
- Holding Institution
- The Burke: University of Washington