![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)
Nan - Grizzly Bear
![Colour photograph of Nan - GRIZZLY BEAR shot against a black background](img/labels/pano_2/nan.jpg)
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)