gaxalagamł (Mask)

About this object

Iconographic meaning

Represents intruder: gaxala, appears in Tlha'sala (C. George, 1966).

Physical description

Intruder mask. Carved wooden mask with round eye holes, and an inverted red mouth. Eyebrows, moustache and beard are painted in black. Yellow painted areas around eyes and between eyebrows on forehead.