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The Spirit of the Eagle - For members of the Kwakiutl Nation, ritual masks used to transmit the knowledge of the elders at the Potlatch ceremony, banned in 1884 by the Federal Act of Canada. Since then, the Kwakiutl have managed to recover sacred objects that had been confiscated and preserve them in museums. (Kwakiutl Museum of Quathisaki Cove, Quadra Island, British Columbia) - 1985

Driftwood on the beach of Quadra Island; Rebecca Spit Marine Park, British Columbia.

This Lekwiltok Kwakiutl mask represents Bookwus, the wild forest monster. The animal-like ears are missing from the forehead. Confiscated in 1922, along with other potlatch goods, the mask was returned in 1979 to the new Kwakiutl museum in Quathiaski Cove, located on Quadra Island, British Columbia.