![Image of a darkened corner in the Potlatch Gallery with a cedar chest visible in the foreground.](panos/2/mres_b/l1/1/l1_b_1_1.jpg)
![Corner of the Potlatch Gallery showing a large cedar post and a group of wolf masks.](https://s3.amazonaws.com/synthescape-umistapotlatch/panos/2/mres_l/l1/1/l1_l_1_1.jpg)
![Corner of the Potlatch Gallery showing a group of masks and headdresses from the potlatch collection](https://s3.amazonaws.com/synthescape-umistapotlatch/panos/2/mres_f/l1/1/l1_f_1_1.jpg)
![View from the west end of the Potlatch Gallery showing the north side and entrance wall.](https://s3.amazonaws.com/synthescape-umistapotlatch/panos/2/mres_r/l1/1/l1_r_1_1.jpg)
Atła'nam – Wolf
![Black and white photograph of Atła'nam – Wolf mask shot against a black background](img/labels/pano_2/atlanam.jpg)
The Kwak´wala word for wolf headdress, xisiwe’ means, “bared teeth on the forehead.” Wolf dancers perform solo or in a pack with a leader, imitating a real wolf pack. In ceremonies, wolves can appear in three different ways; as a member of the tribe of the myth people, an ancestor of one of the ‘namima or extended family groups, or as a being who initiates apprentices.
Owner: Iwakalas, Harry Hanuse, Mamalilikala (Village Island)