#kwakʼwala

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Hinged Box with Totem Corners, c. 1936 Wood, Paint

$8,500.00 CAD

Alfred J. Shaunessy (Kwakwaka'wakw)

© Douglas Reynolds Gallery

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The #Kwakwa̱ka̱ʼwakw (IPA: [ˈkʷakʷəkʲəʔwakʷ]), also known as the Kwakiutl[2][3] (/ˈkwɑːkjʊtəl/; "#Kwakʼwala-speaking peoples"),[4][5] are one of the indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast. Their current population, according to a 2016 census, is 3,665. Most live in their… 

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Edward Sheriff Curtis, 1914 - "A Tlüwùláhù MASK-TSAWATENOK" Kwakiutl man wearing a mask depicting a loon on top of a man's head to facilitate the loon changing into the form of a man.

The Kwakwa̱ka̱’wakw or Kwakiutl ("Kwak'wala-speaking peoples") are an indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest Coast, in southwestern Canada. They are politically-organized into 13 band gouvernements, united by the common language of Kwakʼwala, known as Kwak̓wala, 'Nak̓wala, G̱uc̓ala and T̓łat̓łasik̓wala. According to Kwakwaka'wakw folklore their ancestors (‘na’mima) came to a given spot — by way of land, sea, or underground — in the form of ancestral animals that upon arrival shed their animal appearance and became human.

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The #Kwakwa̱ka̱ʼwakw (IPA: [ˈkʷakʷəkʲəʔwakʷ]), also known as the Kwakiutl[2][3] (/ˈkwɑːkjʊtəl/; "Kwakʼwala-speaking peoples"),[4][5] are one of the indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast. Their current population, according to a 2016 census, is 3,665. Most live in their

[charring58]

The Kwakwa̱ka̱ʼwakw (IPA: [ˈkʷakʷəkʲəʔwakʷ]), also known as the Kwakiutl[2][3] (/ˈkwɑːkjʊtəl/; "Kwakʼwala-speaking peoples"),[4][5] are one of the indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast. Their

[charring58]

The Kwakwa̱ka̱ʼwakw (IPA: [ˈkʷakʷəkʲəʔwakʷ]), also known as the Kwakiutl[2][3] (/ˈkwɑːkjʊtəl/; "Kwakʼwala-speaking peoples"),[4][5] are one of the indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast. Their