Baxw’bak’walanux' siwe Northwest Coast Articulating Mask, by Gary Peterson
Baxw’bak’ walanux' siwe (Man Eater at the North End of the World) and Three Helper Birds
This remarkable articulating mask is a rare rendition of one that Franz Boaz came across and remarked on/ photographed in 1904. Danced at potlatch.
Red cedar, copper, domestic duck feathers
Gary Peterson, Kwakwaka'wakw, Alert Bay, British Columbia