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Argillite totem pole from the last century. From top to bottom, there is a bear, a raven with a frog on its wing, the figure of a chief and a hawk with a killer whale in its talons. (36 cm, MOA)MOA = Museum of Anthropology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
Wooden bowl for ceremonial use in the shape of a raven lying down with a hawk's head protruding from its tail feathers. (32 cm; MM)MM = McCord Museum, McGill University, Montreal
Among the potlatch goods that were confiscated from the Nimkish in 1921 was this hawk mask, the guardian spirit of a chief. It was returned to the Nimkish and, since 1980, has been on exhibit in Alert Bay at the U’mista Cultural Centre. (See page 134.)
Heiltsuk transformation mask. Closed, it represents a hawk; open, the face reveals its human nature. (68 cm; NMM)NMM = National Museum of Man, Ottawa
