Definition of Hamatsa. Meaning of Hamatsa. Synonyms of Hamatsa

- society called Hamatsa. During the winter, there is a four-day complex dance that serves to initiate new members of Hamatsa. The Hamatsa dancer represents...
- transform throughout the performance.: 98  The Kwakwaka'wakw's winter Hamatsa ceremony was especially elaborate, and the majority of native artwork,...
- known as Ethel or Effery), the eldest child of a hereditary chief and a hamatsa, a position of very high stature in Kwagiulth culture. Wilson’s father...
- 1835 and stole Hamatsa whistles. The nation subsequently adopted hamatsa dance traditions.: 45–46  Contemporary historians argue that hamatsa initiates were...
- Photo of George Hunt taken by Edward Curtis c.1910. "Hamatsa Initiate in his Hut - Kwakiutl"...
- University of Washington Press. ISBN 978-0-295-97114-8. McDowell, Jim (1997). Hamatsa: The Enigma of Cannibalism on the Pacific Northwest Coast. Ronsdale Press...
- Noohlmahl or Nulamal ("Fool") masks depict violent buffoons sent by the hamatsa. They are easily distinguished by an exaggerated nose flowing with mucus...
- Tseiqami otherwise known as Thunderbird, the guiding spirit of the Winter Hamatsa Dance season. Kumugwe is master of the seals. The posts and beams of his...
- Kwagu'ł woman wearing the same fringed Chilkat blanket by Mary Ebbetts Hunt shown above (worn backwards), a hamatsa neckring and mask...
- of these dances are also sacred ceremonies of secret societies like the hamatsa, or display of family origin from supernatural creatures such as the dzunukwa...