This Pugwis Mask is hand-carved by Kwakwaka'wakw and Heiltsuk artist Ryan Cranmer. It has been carved from red cedar, painted in black, red, green, and white acrylic, and adorned with cedar bark. Pugwis is an undersea spirit in human form with a fish-like face, gills, round eyes, and two large beaver-like teeth.
The mask, including the