Mask - Dzununkwa

The Dzununkwa mask is hand carved by Kwakwaka'wakw artist, Wesley Walkus.

Growing up as a child the legend goes that if you were out past dark you would have to be very careful to get home. They were told to stay away from the tree line because the Dzunukwa or the " Wild Woman of the Woods", would come and take little kids from the village and take them home to eat. She waited for children that were out after dark. If she found you she’d scoop you into her basket that was so deep enough that you could not get out. She is always walking around very tired and yawning all the time. She has to always be on her feet because if she ever sat down she’d get stuck. The roots from the ground would come up and plant her down to the ground so that she could never get up again.

7.5" x 9.5" x 6"