![Nisga'a mask at National Museum of American Indian. New York, NY.](/t/USNYC/NYMT131.JPG) | ![Woman giving birth wooden first nations mask by Mungo Martin of Fort Rupert at Seattle Art Museum. Seattle, WA.](/t/USWA/WASM113.JPG) | ![Kwakwaka'wakw mask of two sea lions around ancestor face at National Museum of American Indian. New York, NY.](/t/USNYC/NYMT173.JPG) | ![Gitxsan old man mask at National Museum of American Indian. New York, NY.](/t/USNYC/NYMT141.JPG) |
Nisga'a mask (c1850) at National Museum of American Indian. New York, NY. | Woman giving birth wooden first nations mask (c1940) by Mungo Martin (Nakapankam) of Fort Rupert at Seattle Art Museum. Seattle, WA. | Kwakwaka'wakw mask of two sea lions around ancestor face (1880-1920) at National Museum of American Indian. New York, NY. | Gitxsan old man mask (1880-1910) at National Museum of American Indian. New York, NY. |
![Kwakiutl Dzoonokwa mask at Peabody Museum. Cambridge, MA.](/t/USMAB/MADHP425.JPG) | ![Northwest coast native Dzunk'wa Cannibal Woman Mask from Knights Inlet of Vancouver Island, BC at Brooklyn Museum. Brooklyn, NY.](/t/USNYD/NYYM5631.JPG) | ![Tsimshian mask from British Columbia at Fowler Museum. Los Angeles, CA.](/t/USCAA/CAAWA053.JPG) | ![Tlingit ceremonial thunderbird headdress from Alaska at Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Cleveland, OH.](/t/USOHV/OHVN265.JPG) |
Kwakiutl Dzoonokwa mask (1917) at Peabody Museum. Cambridge, MA. | Northwest coast native Dzunk'wa Cannibal Woman Mask (19thC) from Knights Inlet of Vancouver Island, BC at Brooklyn Museum. Brooklyn, NY. | Tsimshian mask (19thC) from British Columbia at Fowler Museum. Los Angeles, CA. | Tlingit ceremonial thunderbird headdress (late 1800s) from Alaska at Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Cleveland, OH. |
![Nisga'a frontlet headdress with white owl from British Columbia at Fowler Museum. Los Angeles, CA.](/t/USCAA/CAAWA055.JPG) | ![Collection of Northwest Coast native wooden human face masks at Seattle Art Museum. Seattle, WA.](/t/USWA/WASM131.JPG) | ![Kwakwaka'wakw potlatch figure & welcome figure at National Museum of American Indian. New York, NY.](/t/USNYC/NYMT171.JPG) | ![Kwakiutl transformation mask at Peabody Museum. Cambridge, MA.](/t/USMAB/MADHP421.JPG) |
Nisga'a frontlet headdress with white owl (19thC) from British Columbia at Fowler Museum. Los Angeles, CA. | Collection of Northwest Coast native wooden human face masks (1830-1979) at Seattle Art Museum. Seattle, WA. | Kwakwaka'wakw potlatch figure (c1930) & welcome figure (19thC) at National Museum of American Indian. New York, NY. | Kwakiutl transformation mask (1917) at Peabody Museum. Cambridge, MA. |
![Kwakwaka'wakw northwest coast wooden whale mask at Denver Art Museum. Denver, CO.](/t/USCO/CODF2515.JPG) | ![Kwakiutl carved wood killer whale mask & other Northwest Coast masks from British Columbia at Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Cleveland, OH.](/t/USOHV/OHVN263.JPG) | ![Kwakiutl whale transformation mask at Eiteljorg Museum. Indianapolis, IN.](/t/USIN/INIPJ211.JPG) | ![Kwakwaka'wakw four-faced mask by George Walkus at Denver Art Museum. Denver, CO.](/t/USCO/CODF2519.JPG) |
Kwakwaka'wakw northwest coast wooden whale mask (1900) at Denver Art Museum. Denver, CO. | Kwakiutl carved wood killer whale mask (c1880) & other Northwest Coast masks from British Columbia at Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Cleveland, OH. | Kwakiutl whale transformation mask (c1890) at Eiteljorg Museum. Indianapolis, IN. | Kwakwaka'wakw four-faced mask (c1938) by George Walkus at Denver Art Museum. Denver, CO. |
![Northwest Coast native wooden mask of Crooked Beak by Willie Seaweed of Blunden Harbour at Seattle Art Museum. Seattle, WA.](/t/USWA/WASM115.JPG) | ![Bella Coola headdress bird of prey mask from British Columbia, Canada, at New Orleans Museum of Art. New Orleans, LA.](/t/USLA/LANM671.JPG) | ![Bella Coola headdress bird of prey mask from British Columbia, Canada, at New Orleans Museum of Art. New Orleans, LA.](/t/USLA/LANM672.JPG) | ![Bella Bella or Bella Coola eagle mask at Eiteljorg Museum. Indianapolis, IN.](/t/USIN/INIPJ215.JPG) |
Northwest Coast native wooden mask of Crooked Beak (c1940) by Willie Seaweed of Blunden Harbour at Seattle Art Museum. Seattle, WA. | Bella Coola headdress bird of prey mask (late 19thC) from British Columbia, Canada, at New Orleans Museum of Art. New Orleans, LA. | Bella Coola headdress bird of prey mask (late 19thC) from British Columbia, Canada, at New Orleans Museum of Art. New Orleans, LA. | Bella Bella or Bella Coola eagle mask (c1890) at Eiteljorg Museum. Indianapolis, IN. |
![Nuxalk thunder figure mask at National Museum of American Indian. New York, NY.](/t/USNYC/NYMT153.JPG) | ![Gitxsan eagle headdress at National Museum of American Indian. New York, NY.](/t/USNYC/NYMT143.JPG) | ![Northwest Coast native wooden eagle war helmet by Tlingit artist of Angoon at Seattle Art Museum. Seattle, WA.](/t/USWA/WASM151.JPG) | ![Northwest Coast native wooden Box of Daylight Raven hat by Tlingit artist of Taku at Seattle Art Museum. Seattle, WA.](/t/USWA/WASM141.JPG) |
Nuxalk thunder figure mask (c1880) at National Museum of American Indian. New York, NY. | Gitxsan eagle headdress (1870-1910) at National Museum of American Indian. New York, NY. | Northwest Coast native wooden eagle war helmet (c1780) by Tlingit artist of Angoon at Seattle Art Museum. Seattle, WA. | Northwest Coast native wooden Box of Daylight Raven hat (c1850) by Tlingit artist of Taku at Seattle Art Museum. Seattle, WA. |
![Northwest coast native crest hat in raven form at National Museum of American Indian. New York, NY.](/t/USNYC/NYMT115.JPG) | ![Teikweidi brown bear clan hat at National Museum of American Indian. New York, NY.](/t/USNYC/NYMT119.JPG) | ![Gitxsan ceremonial headdress in form of black bear at National Museum of American Indian. New York, NY.](/t/USNYC/NYMT148.JPG) | ![Northwest coast native crest hat in frog form at National Museum of American Indian. New York, NY.](/t/USNYC/NYMT117.JPG) |
Northwest coast native crest hat in raven form (1860-80) at National Museum of American Indian. New York, NY. | Teikweidi brown bear clan hat (c1860) at National Museum of American Indian. New York, NY. | Gitxsan ceremonial headdress in form of black bear (c1870-1900) at National Museum of American Indian. New York, NY. | Northwest coast native crest hat in frog form (1850-80) at National Museum of American Indian. New York, NY. |
![Nuxalk face headdress at National Museum of American Indian. New York, NY.](/t/USNYC/NYMT151.JPG) | ![Heiltsuk frontlet with mask at National Museum of American Indian. New York, NY.](/t/USNYC/NYMT163.JPG) | ![Northwest Coast native wooden feast dish of Crooked Beak by Calvin Hunt of Fort Rupert at Seattle Art Museum. Seattle, WA.](/t/USWA/WASM117.JPG) | ![Northwest Coast native wooden Image of the Sun by Nuxalk artist at Seattle Art Museum. Seattle, WA.](/t/USWA/WASM121.JPG) |
Nuxalk face headdress (c1860) at National Museum of American Indian. New York, NY. | Heiltsuk frontlet with mask (c1880) at National Museum of American Indian. New York, NY. | Northwest Coast native wooden feast dish of Crooked Beak (1994) by Calvin Hunt (Tlasutiwalis) of Fort Rupert at Seattle Art Museum. Seattle, WA. | Northwest Coast native wooden Image of the Sun (c1880) by Nuxalk artist at Seattle Art Museum. Seattle, WA. |
![Kwakiutl sea urchin transformation mask from British Columbia at Nelson-Atkins Museum. Kansas City, MO.](/t/USMOK/MOKA373.JPG) | ![Head-form rattle by Haida culture of Queen Charlotte islands , BC at Dallas Museum of Art. Dallas, TX.](/t/USTXD/TXDAN211.JPG) |
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Kwakiutl (Kwakwaka'wakw) sea urchin transformation mask (c1890-1920) from British Columbia at Nelson-Atkins Museum. Kansas City, MO. | Head-form rattle (early-mid 19thC) by Haida culture of Queen Charlotte islands (Haida Gwaii), BC at Dallas Museum of Art. Dallas, TX. |
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