sisawk smlhk (Mask)

This mask was used at the end of the sisawk headdress dance.

Purchased from Davenport Clayton in 1959. Collected by his parents while operating a store in Bella Coola between 1890 and 1910.

Forehead codfish mask. Mask has protruding snout and hinged jaw; face is blue with red nostrils, mouth and ears, and black eyebrows. A metallic grey substance is present on parts of the painted areas.