Grizzly Bear dancers are the most feared helpers of the Hamat´sa secret society. Their role is to keep order in the house and punish all people who break the protocols of the T´seka Sacred Red Cedar Bark Dance. The full costume includes a bearskin or a wool blanket and dancers also wear cedar bark head and neck rings. These claws were made from whale rib bones.

Owner of Mask: Hiłamas, “Captain John” Speck, Ławit´sis (Turnour Island)

Owner of Claws: T´łakwa, Sam Scow, ’Namgis (Alert Bay)