• Foto Number: INW-140

A hamatsa bird mask with movable beak. This monster raven serves Bakhbakwalanooksiwey, the cannibalistic creature of the north. Carved by Mungo Martin, one of the best-known artists and chiefs of the Fort Rupert Kwakiutl, (103 cm, MOA)
MOA = Museum of Anthropology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver

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  North America Canada British Columbia Fort Rupert Kwakiutl Bakhbakwalanooksiwey Hamatsa INW Mungo Martin bird raven mask ceremonial object Museum of Anthropology Vancouver