Intense Dzunukwa Mask, Wild Woman, authentic, hand carved by artist Randy Stiglitz

• Nation: Coast Salish Art, Squamish, Interior Salish, Native North American Art
• Artist: Stiglitz, Randy
• Type: Mask

Fully hand carved by Indigenous artist Randy Stiglitz from the Coast Salish Nation, Randy signed on the inside of the mask. 

Dzunukwa (Wild Woman) Mask 

The mask is decorated with cedar bark rope and black horsehair. This is a very powerful piece - highly sought after. True Indigenous art at its best.

Oh... and did you see the ears? Again, please have a close look.... it's a marvelous piece, fully hand carved, hand painted, authentic, signed and just beautiful.

Measurements: 10" x 10" x 4 1/2" 

Meaning: The Dzunukwa, or Wild Woman, is a figure in Kwakwaka'wakw mythology. She is an ancestor of the Namgis clan through her son, Tsilwalagame. She is venerated as a bringer of wealth, but is also greatly feared by children, because she is also known as an ogress who steals children and carries them home in her basket to eat. Fortunately, she is not the brightest so children are usually able to escape from her basket. In masks and totem pole images she is shown with bright red pursed lips because she is said to give off the call "Hu!" It is often told to children that the sound of the wind blowing through the cedar trees is actually the call of Dzunuḵ̓wa. 

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About This Artist

Randy Stiglitz was born in Pender Harbour in 1953. He is of Coast Salish descent through his mother and is from the Sechelt native band.  He has been an artist for most of his life and comes from a background of Salish artists. Randy has...Artist bio and other available works »