THC exhibits
Description:

Halait
Gitxsan Style Mask, 1979

Duane Pasco

This mask is designed after those worn during Gitxsan winter halait ceremonies.

The Gitxsan or Gitksan, meaning People of the River of Mist, live along the Skeena River of northwestern British Columbia, Canada.

Ketchikan Museums
KM 86.2.9.1

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