Image of a splitting Dzunuk'wa Mask. This image was provided to the anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss for his book "The Way of the Masks." Photograph was likely taken by Bill Holm.
Detail of a Dzunuk'wa mask. This image was likely provided to the anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss for his book "The Way of the Masks." Photograph was likely taken by Bill Holm.
Display of several pieces of contemporary Northwest Coast art. Uncertain relation to exhibitions. May be for an exhibit entitled "Contemporary Design: Northwest Coast Motifs." A similarly titled exhibit was put on in 1953 but this image may be of a later date.
Display of several pieces of contemporary Northwest Coast art. Uncertain relation to exhibitions. May be for an exhibit entitled "Contemporary Design: Northwest Coast Motifs." A similarly titled exhibit was put on in 1953 but this image may be of a later date.
View of a display in the old Museum of Anthropology. Likely for an exhibit entitled "Contemporary Design: Northwest Coast Motifs." A similarly titled exhibit was put on in 1953 but this exhibit may be of a later date.
Image of a mask carved by Willie Seaweed. This image was provided to the anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss for his book "The Way of the Masks." Photograph was likely taken by Bill Holm.
Detail of a Dzunuk'wa mask. This image was likely provided to the anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss for his book "The Way of the Masks." Photograph was likely taken by Bill Holm.
Detail of a Dzunuk'wa mask. This image was likely provided to the anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss for his book "The Way of the Masks." Photograph was likely taken by Bill Holm.
Detail of a Dzunuk'wa mask. This image was likely provided to the anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss for his book "The Way of the Masks." Photograph was likely taken by Bill Holm.
Detail of a Dzunuk'wa mask. This image was likely provided to the anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss for his book "The Way of the Masks." Photograph was likely taken by Bill Holm.
Front view of a Dzunuk'wa totem pole with a thunderbird grasping its head. This totem pole is located on Cormorant Island, in Alert Bay, and was carved by Willie and Joe Seaweed as a memorial for Billie Moon.
Dzunuk'wa ceremonial dagger. This image was provided to the anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss for his book "The Way of the Masks." Photograph was likely taken by Bill Holm.
Image of a mask carved by Willie Seaweed. This image was provided to the anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss for his book "The Way of the Masks." Photograph was likely taken by Bill Holm.
Detail of a Dzunuk'wa mask. This image was likely provided to the anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss for his book "The Way of the Masks." Photograph was likely taken by Bill Holm.
Detail of a Dzunuk'wa ceremonial dagger. This image was provided to the anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss for his book "The Way of the Masks." Photographer was likely Bill Holm.
Detail of a Dzunuk'wa mask. This image was likely provided to the anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss for his book "The Way of the Masks." Photograph was likely taken by Bill Holm.