Baxw’bak’ walanux' siwe  (Cannibal at the North End of the World) and Three Helper Birds

This articulating mask is a rare rendition of one that Franz Boaz came across and remarked on/ photoed in 1900, before it disappeared. Danced at potlatch.

Red cedar, copper, domestic duck feathers

• 20" x 16" x 17.5"

Gary Peterson, Kwakwaka'wakw, Alert Bay, British Columbia