sap’agamł (Mask)

Represents echo: sap!a. Mouths represent wolf, thunderbird, raven, and Q!ayudaenux: one who speaks well (D. Hawkins, 1966).

Mask (a) with a protruding rim around the sides and top of the face, a furrowed brow, protruding eyes, a hooked nose with flared nostrils, protruding cheeks as well as crescent shapes beside the mouth, an open mouth, and a pointed chin. There is a long hemp fibre fringe attached at the top of the mask. The mask is painted with alternating black and white scallop shapes around the rim, a white forehead with black eyebrows, green around the eyes and on the nose, red and white nostrils, black and white designs on the cheeks and protruding crescent shapes beside the mouth, and red lips surrounded by white. The mask is accompanied by five mouthpieces: b) wide mouth with open red lips revelaing two rows of pointed natural wood teeth separated by red triangles, and with a black rim; c) oval-shaped mouth with open red lips, a white interior, and a black band around the edge; d) an orange beak with red nostrils and edges; e) a black muzzle with red nostrils, red lips and natural teeth and fangs; f) a black beak with red nostrils and edges. The mouthpieces each have a protrusion at the back that fits into the mask's mouth. Parts b, d, e and f each have a slight notch at the top centre.