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The Baxwbakwalanuksiwe’ (“man-eater at the north end of the world”) mask and costume of the Kwakwakaʼwakw people, confiscated by the government for violating the potlatch ban. Alert Bay, British Columbia, Canada, 1922.

The Baxwbakwalanuksiwe’ (“man-eater at the north end of the world”) mask and costume of the Kwakwakaʼwakw people, confiscated by the government for violating the potlatch ban. Alert Bay, British Columbia, Canada, 1922.

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