The paper is tan. The ink is black and red.

The paper is gray. The ink is black and red.

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

Galokwudzuis, Crooked Beak of the Sky, is one of a household of monster birds and creatures, associates of the Man-eater Bahkwbakwalanooksiwey, the motivator of the major dances of the Tseyka, the winter ceremonial of the Kwakwaka'wakw. Of these dances, the first is the Hamatsa, impersonator of Man-eater himself. The Tseyka dances come from ancestors' fabled experiences with the creatures of the supernatural world, and the public dramatizations of those encounters are among the most prestigious ceremonial acts. (Holm, Spirit and Ancestor, 1987)

Two pieces of mountain goat horn have been joined with a single copper rivet to form this spoon. The figures carved on the handle appear to be a killer whale with a man's face on the dorsal fin, a raven, and a bear. The carving is very precise and resembles Haida work from the mid-nineteenth century. (Holm, Crooked Beak of Heaven, 1972)

The steel is double bladed.