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Object #     1989-22/1
Object name     Mask
Culture of Origin     Makah
Title     Kwa' Laba Kuth
Maker or Artist     Greg Colfax
Materials     Red Cedar, Cedar Bark, Paint, Feathers, Graphite
Techniques     Carved, Painted, Shredded
Dimensions     H: 40 in, W: 12.5 in, D: 11.5 in
Exhibit Label    

"Spirit of the Ancestors"-This Kwa' Laba Kuth, or Wildman, mask represents one of the ghost-like forest spirits that appear during the Makah Klookwalli ceremonial. Similar ghost-like spirits are represented in mask forms among neighboring tribes. Their ghostly qualities are sometimes represented by skull-like heads with hooked noses and bared teeth in grimacing mouths.
Source     Mr. Greg Colfax


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