Crooked Beak Mask | Humsumhl Item Number: 1-1669 from the The Burke: University of Washington
Exhibit Label
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)
Automatically Generated From Material
The paint is black, white, and red.
Item History
- Made by Dick Price
- Received from Hauberg Foundation Grant
What
- Name
- Crooked Beak Mask | Humsumhl
- Identification Number
- 1-1669
- Type of Item
- crooked beak mask
- Material
- wood, paint and cedar bark
- Manufacturing Technique
- carved, painted and shredded
- Overall
- length 40.9 in, height 22.8 in, width 10.2 in
Who
- Culture
- Kwakwaka'wakw
- Creator
- Dick Price
- Received from
- Hauberg Foundation Grant
Where
- Holding Institution
- The Burke: University of Washington
Other
- Credit
- Gift of the Hauberg Foundation Grant
- Motif
- Humsumhl | Crooked Beak
- Collection
- Burke Museum Ethnology Collection