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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
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Crooked Beak Mask | Humsumhl25.0/208

The mask was said to have been made nearly one hundred years ago by a carver named Hayogwis for chief Gwalis Gyekhendzi. This chief was the grandfather of Willie Seaweed, whose work is well represented in the Burke Museum collection. (Holm, Crooked Beak of Heaven, 1972).

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, cedar bark, paint, wool, feather and string
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Rattle25.0/459

The paint is white, black, and red.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, paint, cedar bark and string
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Whistle25.0/266

This whistle is unusual in that it combines two completely different sound-producing mechanisms. Whistles widely varying in size and pitch as well as in tone quality were used to represent the presence of certain spirit motivators of the Winter Ceremonial. This whistle belongs to the Tseyka version of the Bukwus (Man of the Ground). (Holm, Crooked Beak of Heaven, 1972)

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood and string
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Sea Monster Mask1-1451

The stories of seafarers are often peopled by monsters of the deep: bringers of bad weather, capsizers, devourers of men. The Yagim is all of those. Described as a destroyer of whole tribes, a shark-like monster who lurks behind canoes, or the source of storms, his name literally means badness. (Holm, Spirit and Ancestor, 1987)

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar wood, paint, cloth, wool cloth, cedar bark and string
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Model Fish TrapR-46
Transformation Mask25.0/212

Spectacular transformation masks, called t!ahlt!ahlumhl! (folding-out mask), are used during the Tlasula. When two panels open out from the center to reveal a human face with bear's ears, the grizzly bear is dramatically transformed.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, paint and string
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Rattle1487

The paint is black and red.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw ?
Material
wood, paint, string and cedar bark
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Crooked Beak Mask | Humsumhl1-1668

The paint is black, red, and white.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, cedar bark, paint, wool cloth, string and eagle down
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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