Mask depicting At’la’kwis - Hunter of the Woods, 2001
by Bill Henderson, Kwakwaka'wakw Fist Nation
red cedar, yellow cedar, pigment
19" high x 16" wide x 12" deep
The rights to the At’la’kwis (Hunter of the Woods) Mask was given to Bill Henderson when he was 17 years old. The story goes like this....At’la’kwis would go hunting, but every time he would go out he was a failure. Raven was watching him. At’la’kwis decided to meet with Raven, and Raven agreed to help him feed his people. Now when he went out hunting, Raven would quite the woods so that At’la’kwis could find game. From then on he was considered the great hunter of the village.
