Echo mask: Diagram of interchangeable mouths

• Main Author: Unknown
• Format: Still Image
• Language: unknown
• Subjects: Sculpture; Native American: Kwakiutl; Canadian; First Nations; North American Indians; northwest coast; masks; ceremony; ceremonial; British Columbia; Canada
• Online Access: http://digital.libraries.psu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/arthist2/id/69746

Diagram of interchangeable mouths The basic mask depicts the spirit Echo, said to have the ability to imitate the sounds made by any creature. Top to bottom: Echo itself, a human being, a beaver, an unidentified figure, Eagle, a bear, a sculpin (type of spiny fish), and Raven.