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AFig. 8.5.1: Contemporary Wolf Masks for the ’Walasa’ax̱a
1media/AFig. 8.5.1_thumb.png2021-09-07T21:02:07+00:00Bill Kennedy15318238463d5962ca788c0c4e0c237d293d0f9e31Courtesy Andy Eversonplain2021-09-07T21:02:07+00:00Bill Kennedy15318238463d5962ca788c0c4e0c237d293d0f9e
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12021-07-29T21:03:39+00:00Annotation 8.5 | Community Perspective (477.45)10plain2022-03-01T17:04:31+00:00AnnotationIn 2013, descendants of the Giga̱l'g̱a̱m of the Walas Kwagu’ł resurrected the ’Walasa’ax̱a dance. This was the first time it had been shown by members of this ’na’mima in over a century. Inspired by Kuhnert’s painting (Pl. 36) and examples from pg. 493, some twenty-three new wolf headdresses were created in roughly the same style. These were supplemented by a number of existing headdresses borrowed from other families. The dance sequence was recreated by combining oral retellings of past performances with specific details from Boas’s description (pg. 477). Other families with the ’Walasa’ax̱a prerogative have since borrowed this new set of masks and performed it in the same manner.
AFig. 8.5.1: Contemporary Wolf Masks for the ’Walasa’ax̱a
AVid. 8.5.1: Contemporary Wolf Masks in the ’Walasa’ax̱a
