![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)
Nanis - Sea-Grizzly or ‘Walas ‘Wat´si – Dog of Heaven
![Colour photograph of Nanis - Sea-Grizzly or ‘Walas ‘Wat̕si – Dog of Heaven shot against a black background](img/labels/pano_2/nanis.jpg)
Some scholars believe that this mask is a Sea Bear and others believe that it is a Dog Mask. It is the sheep-skin fur that makes it very unusual. If it is a Dog, it would belong to one of the oldest dance societies of the Kwakwaka’wakw.
Owner: Kwaxalanukwame’, Johnny Drabble, Dzawada’enuxw (Kingcome Inlet)