IDNO

P.8446.ACH1

Description

On Catalogue Card: “Masked figure of ‘anohohleekwudgaich’. This female supernatural creature appears on the final night of every ‘kusuit’ dance, the night on which the uninitiated are summoned to see the supernatural ones, i.e., the masked figures. She announces which each is, and keeps up a constant stream of remarks for the benefit of the uninitiated. At other times she is the guardian of the different spots where names are concealed - in theory if an uninitiated person stumbles on her he has the right to the name localised on that place. Wooden mask with cedar bark trimmings.” [typed text]

Place

N America; Canada; British Columbia; Bella Coola

Cultural Affliation

Northwest Coast Indian; Salishan; Coast Salish; Nuxalk [historically Bella Coola]

Named Person

Photographer

McIllwraith, Thomas F.

Collector / Expedition

Haddon, Alfred Cort; McIllwraith, Thomas F.

Date

Collection Name

Mounted Haddon Collection

Source

Haddon, Alfred Cort (Dr)McIllwraith, Thomas F.

Format

Print Black & White Mounted

Primary Documentation

Other Information

Place: Previous catalogue card by T.F. McIllwraith was of the Bella Coola. [JD 30/5/2007]