hinkiicim (Wolf Headdress)

Used as a grave marker; traditionally removed after four years by the family to show that a memorial potlatch was being planned.

Collected by Edith Bevan Cross. Originally (with A9184) placed on a post at a grave in Ahousat in 1961. (A photograph exists of them in situ in 1962). Presumably removed from the site in 1965 along with two other masks that are now in the collection of the Glenbow Museum in Calgary (AA438-39). The headdress was identified by Kaamiina of Aahuusath as part of a pair that, along with the masks, were found together at a gravesite.

According to Ron Hamilton this headdress is called 'Tik'tik-milth or Wolf Spinning in Alternate Directions.

Wolf headdress with bared teeth and carved ears. Cut-out crled horns(?) project at the top, and a series of u-shaped designs project from the back of the head. Carved with great detail but the surface is now rough and weathered. Red and black paint are still visible.