William Cranmer's (Tlakwagila) potlatch: Hamatsa dancers (with masks)

Hamatsa dancers (with masks) Two of the bird beings who are the attendants of Baxwbakwalanuxwsiwe (Cannibal-at-the-North-End-of-the-World) and who capture Hamatsa Society novices at the beginnings of the initiation period dance are shown here at potlatch given by Tlakwagila (W. T. Cranmer). Crooked...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Vickie Jensen
Format: Still Image
Language:unknown
Subjects:
Documentary Photograph
Native American: Kwakiutl
Canadian
First Nations
North American Indians
potlatches
ceremonies
ceremony
gift
gifts
gift-giving festival
festivals
masks
dancing
dancers
British Columbia
Canada
Online Access:http://digital.libraries.psu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/arthist2/id/69473
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Summary:Hamatsa dancers (with masks) Two of the bird beings who are the attendants of Baxwbakwalanuxwsiwe (Cannibal-at-the-North-End-of-the-World) and who capture Hamatsa Society novices at the beginnings of the initiation period dance are shown here at potlatch given by Tlakwagila (W. T. Cranmer). Crooked Beak of Heaven, with his great recurved beak, stands in the foreground, and the long-beaked huxwhukw is behind him.

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