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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Online Access: | http://digital.libraries.psu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/arthist2/id/69473 |
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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