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Living Tradition, The Kwakwaka'wakw Potlatch on the Northwest Coast
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The Potlatch Gallery

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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.

Gallery 2 Labels

  • Sisiyutł Welcome Sign
  • Atłak´ima - Forest Spirits
  • Atła'nam – Wolf
  • Sisiyutł Family Crest
  • Button-blanket
  • Willie Harris, Naxak & Grizzly Bear dancer
  • Atłak´ima dancers, Gwa'yasdam's (Gilford Island)
  • Wolf Dancers
  • Galugadza’yi - Crooked-Beak-of-Heaven
  • K´enk´u – Supernatural Crane like bird
  • Chief of the Kwagu’ł
  • Łałk´uxwiwe’ - Mallard headdress
  • Cedar Bark and Secret Societies
  • Celebrating the return of wolf masks to Alert Bay, c. 1980
  • Mugwamł – Four-faced Mask
  • 'Naka’pankam’ - Mungo Martin
  • Nan - Grizzly Bear
  • Nanis - Sea-Grizzly or ‘Walas ‘Wat´si – Dog of Heaven
  • Wolf pictograph near Kingcome Inlet
  • Bear Houseposts
  • Sisiyutł - Double-headed Serpent
  • T´sandigan Nage’ - Harry Mountain
  • Gwalkwamł - Deaf Man Mask
  • Yadan - Rattle
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