Sujet
Mask portraying the mythical figure Bokwus, the Kwakiutl Wild Man of the Woods and chief of the dead
Légende
Mask portraying the mythical figure Bokwus, the Kwakiutl Wild Man of the Woods and chief of the dead, The skeletal Bokwus lives in the forest,subsisting on rotten wood and grubs He offered what appeared to be dried salmon to people chancing upon him but after tasting this they died and joined his ghostly retinue. Northwest Coast of America. Kwakiutl.
Info+
Werner Forman Archive/Museum of Anthroplogy, Uni. of British Columbia, Vancouver
Crédit
Photo12/Universal Images Group/Werner Forman
Notre référence
UMG12A29_096
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
40,1Mo (1,7Mo) / 31,7cm x 31,7cm / 3748 x 3743 (300dpi)