Sxwayxwey masks on display in Montréal for the Museum of Anthropology's Northwest Coast exhibit for "Man and His World".

Image of a Sxwayxwey mask carved by Andrew Charles. This image was provided to the anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss for his book "The Way of the Masks." Likely photographed 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.

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.

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.

Image of a Sxwayxwey mask from the Museum of Anthropology. Photograph was likely 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 Sxwayxwey mask from the Museum of Anthropology. Photograph was likely 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 and a Sxwayxwey mask from the Museum of Anthropology. Photograph was likely 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 Sxwayxwey mask from the Museum of Anthropology. Photograph was likely 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 Dzunuk'wa mask and a mask by Willie Seaweed.

Detail of a Sxwayxwey mask from the Museum of Anthropology. Photograph 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 mask carved by Willie Seaweed. Photograph was likely taken for the anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss for his book "The Way of the Masks." Photograph was likely taken by Bill Holm.

Image of a Sxwayxwey mask from the Museum of Anthropology. Photograph was likely 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.

Image of a dancer wearing a Sxwayxwey mask and costume. This image may have been provided to the anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss for his book "The Way of the Masks." This photograph may have been taken by Edward S. Curtis.