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
Native American, Kwakwaka'wakw
ca. 1940
Object number: 91.1.13
Mungo Martin (Nakapankam)
ca. 1940
Object number: 91.1.7
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