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Mask of the Crooked Beak (Galukw’amhł),
Mask of the Crooked Beak (Galukw’amhł),

Mask of the Crooked Beak (Galukw’amhł),

Dateca. 1920
Label TextCrooked Beak, and his cohorts Huxwhukw and Man-eating Raven, command the dance floor when the wild hamat’sa dancer temporarily takes leave. Ironically, these fearsome birds participate in the ritual taming of the hamat’sa, who re-enters the dance floor wearing a cedar bark headdress and neck ring, symbolic of his ritual transformation.
Object number96.97
Credit LineGift of Phil and Sylvia Duryee
Dimensions12 x 10 in. (30.48 x 25.4 cm) Diam.: 24 in.
MediumRed cedar wood, paint, cedar bark, leather, and nails
Forehead Mask of the Crooked Beak
Native American, Kwakwaka'wakw
ca. 1930
Object number: 91.1.11
Mask of Bagwis
Native American, Kwakwaka'wakw
ca. 1910
Object number: 83.225
Photo: Paul Macapia
Willie Seaweed (Hilamas)
ca. 1940
Object number: 91.1.1
Huxwhukw'iwe' (mask of the Huxwhukw)
Native American, Kwakwaka'wakw
ca. 1910
Object number: 91.1.145
Photo: Paul Macapia
Native American, Kwakwaka'wakw
ca. 1940
Object number: 91.1.12
Photo: Paul Macapia
Mungo Martin (Nakapankam)
ca. 1940
Object number: 91.1.7
Photo: Paul Macapia
Native American, Kwakwaka'wakw
ca. 1940
Object number: 91.1.13
Photo: Paul Macapia
First Nations, Nuu-chah-nulth, Hesquiat
ca. 1880
Object number: 91.1.22
Photo: Paul Macapia
First Nations, Nuxalk
ca. 1880
Object number: 91.1.34
Photo: Paul Macapia
Native American, Kwakwaka'wakw
ca. 1880
Object number: 91.1.30
Photo: Paul Macapia
ca. 1840
Object number: 91.1.38
Wolf Mask
Makah
ca. 1900
Object number: 91.21