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The paiiitinj? of the face represents parts of his body. The chin tuft 

 is at tlie same time the uvula. It is the opinion of the Kwakiutl that 

 the uvula is the cause of hunger, and that BaxbakualanuXsI'-wae has a 

 very large uvula, which is the cause of his voracity. The mustache 

 represents his legs ; the green blots on the cheeks, his body. The ears 

 are painted over the eye, and have the shape of a raven's ears. The 

 blue ornament on the forehead is merely painting, intended to fill a 

 gap that did not please the artist. The peculiar shape of the nose is 

 called " voracious nose," and is meant to indicate that he can scent 

 man a long distance off. The name of the owner of this mask, as a 

 member of the "seal society," is always JSIa'wis. After he joins the 



rig. 99. 



HA'MSHAMTSES MASK. 



a, Mask closed, representation of the grizzly bear. Black and white; decoration of ears, red. b, Mask 

 open, representation of BaxbakualanuXsi'wae. Pace, white; ring surrounding face, red; region 

 around eyes and decoration over ej^ebrows, blue; decoration on cheeks, green. Breadth, 15 inches. 



IV A, No. 1242, Royal Ethnographical Museum, Berlin. Collected by A. Jacobsen. 



que'qutsa, his name is Qale'sEmak" (=quartz sound in front of him). 

 Following is his song: ^ 



1. He is looking for food all over the world, hamfuna, ania, fima, mai, hamfi, mai. 



2. He is looking for men all over the world. 



3. He is devouring living men all over the world. 



4. He is looking for heads all over the world. 



SONG OF HA'MSHAMTSES. 



The following song is sung in connection with the mask shown in 

 fig. 100: 2 



1. He will sing the great dancing song of our supernatural friend whom everybody 



tries to imitate. 



2. He will crj"^ hap on the beach, our supernatural friend whom everybody trie ' > 



imitate. 



3. We shall see his mask which makes him go all over the world, our superuatural 



friend whom everybody tries to imitate. 



1 Appendix, page 697. 



' Appendix, page 698. 



