kulusamł (Mask)

Danced in 1918, according to Dick Hawkins (1966). The mask has been attributed to both Jim Howard and Jack James by different Kwakwaka'wakw carvers. According to Simon Dick (in 2011), this mask was carved by Jack James. He said James himself identified it when he was here with a group of Kingcome people several years earlier. James said he carved it when he was 17 years old, and worked on it all night long for a potlatch. According to Macnair (1999), this particular form of the horns was used by Jack James, who sometimes worked with Jim Howard.

Kulus, younger brother of Thunderbird.

Kulus mask (younger brother of Thunderbird). Mask has a curved upper and lower beak; the lower part of the beak is movable. Two plywood horns with curled ends attached at top of head. White feathers inserted into top of head. Blue beak with red nostrils, black eyebrows, and black, red and white horns.