THE KWAKIUTL INDIANS. 



473 



want the La'Lasiqoala to have it. They invited the Awi'lc'enox to a 

 place named Qoa'qumr', under the pretext that they were going to 

 give a feast. When the Awl'k-'euox came, 

 they killed many of them, among others 

 the father of Q'o'mEuakula's wife. Thus 

 the He'iltsuq recovered the mask, and 

 (>>/d'mEnakula could not obtain it. Later 

 on he obtained it by marrying the daugh- 

 ter of the He'iltsuq who had killed his 

 father-in-law. The mask is called by the 



Awl-'k'enox 



ha'mtsEtso- 



we. It repre- 



sents the ra- 

 ven and the 

 ho'Xhok". 



Its name 

 and song show its connection with the 

 ha'mats'a ceremonies. The skulls which 

 are attached to the mask commemorate 

 the war which was waged on account of it. 



rig. 109. 



MASK OF HA'MSHAMTSES, REPRESENTING 

 THE EAVEN. 



Krora a sketch made at the World's Columbian Ex- 

 position. 



Pig. 110. 



MASK OF HA'MSHAMTSES. 



I sketch made at the World's Columl 



1. I am couiiug, crying hup on tlie beach! I, the supernatural one. 



2. I am coming out of Winalag-ilis's canoe, the ha'mats'a mask on my forehead, the 



■winter dance mask on my forehead. 



Figs. 127-128 show masks 

 very much like the preceding 

 one. They also belong to 

 the dance Na'uaqaualiL. On 

 page 410 was told the legend 

 of the origin of the sunrise 

 dance of the Koskimo. Figs. 

 129 to 133 (pp. 484-486), show 

 the masks and ornaments 

 which the KuGxala'lag'ilis ob- 

 tained from Nenalaats'eqa. 



Fig. 134 (p. 4S8) shows the 

 ornaments of another Na/na- 

 qaualiL. 



HA"MAA.' Pig. 111. 



HEAD RING. NECK RING, AND ARM KING.S OP BEAR DANCER. 

 IV A, Nos. 934, 557, and 935, Royal Ethnographical Museum, Berlin. Col- 



nd 935, Royal Ethimgraphical Mu 

 lected by A. Jacobsen. 



This mask was purchased 

 from the La'Lasiqoala, who 

 called it qe'sqesk-iine, the panther. They obtained it by marriage from 

 the Kwakiutl, who used it in the winter ceremonial. It represented the 

 fabulous being ha^maa, a voracious carnivorous monster which lives 



'1 See fig 135, p. 489, and Appendix, page 708. 



