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Artworks
ALBERT JOSEPH, COAST SALISH, SQUAMISH, B.C.
Cannibal Bird (Huzwhukw [Hok Hok] Headdress Panel), 1985cedar wood, cedar bark, copper, and leather, 64 x 55.5 x 1.25 in (162.6 x 141 x 3.2 cm)
titled, inscribed, and dated, "CANNIBAL BIRD / CARVED BY / ALBERT JOSEPH / SQUAMISH TRIBE / NORTH VANCOUVER B.C. / CANADA / 1985".LOT 119
ESTIMATE: $800 — $1,200
PRICE REALIZED: $720.00Further images
Albert Joseph is a member of a large family of artists from the Squamish / Coast Salish nation. This panel represents a Huzwhukw (Hok Hok) headdress which is a supernatural...Albert Joseph is a member of a large family of artists from the Squamish / Coast Salish nation. This panel represents a Huzwhukw (Hok Hok) headdress which is a supernatural bird and one of three guardians of Baxwbakwakanuksiwe, the cannibal at the North end of the world. These headdresses are danced by initiates earning rights and privileges in the hamatsa ritual which is the most important dance complex for the Kwak-waka’wakw nation
— Gary Wyatt