![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)
“It is a strict law that bids us dance. It is a strict law that bids us distribute our property among our friends and neighbors. It is a good law. Let the white man observe his law; we shall observe ours. And now, if you come to forbid us dance, be gone. If not, you will be welcome to us.”
- Chief of the Kwagu’ł, to Franz Boas, 1886