Image of a darkened corner in the Potlatch Gallery with a cedar chest visible in the foreground.

Corner of the Potlatch Gallery showing a large cedar post and a group of wolf masks.

Corner of the Potlatch Gallery showing a group of masks and headdresses from the potlatch collection

View from the west end of the Potlatch Gallery showing the north side and entrance wall.

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Wolf Dancers

Colour photo of four women in a row facing to the right of the camera, each wears a button blanket and a wolf headdress.

The wolf dance is one of the few dances where women wear carved headdresses.

(L–R) Mona McDougall, Vina Glendale, Pearl Shaughnessy, Patsy Cook

Photograph: Sharon Grainger

Wolf Masks

Xisiwe’ or wolf mask, one of several with long snout and large teeth, painted red and black with plaid cotton head cover.

Xisiwe’ or wolf mask, one of several with long snout and large teeth, painted red and black with fragment of plain cotton head cover.

Xisiwe’ or wolf mask, one of several with long snout and large teeth, painted red and black with plaid cotton head cover, prominent upright ears.

Xisiwe’ or wolf mask, one of several with long snout and large teeth, snarling expression, painted red and black with mottled pattern cotton head cover.

Un des masques de loup Xisiwe’, au long museau et aux grandes dents, peint en rouge et noir, avec des restes un voile de coton uni.