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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Mugwamł – Four-faced Mask

Colour photograph of Mugwamł – Four-faced Mask shot against a black background

The Mugwamł is an unusual type of bird-servant mask. The multiple birds on this mask represent all of the different bird-servants of the Man-Eater. This mask is rarely seen and belongs to only a few Kwakwaka’wakw families.

Creator: Mungo Martin

Mugwamł

Large and complex four-headed mask, main dominant head, one smaller head above and two smaller heads protrude, all of similar shape with cedar braids and fringe.