Deji Adeleye MBA | Investment Advisory for Art as an asset

Long before CGI, the Kwakwaka’wakw people brought transformation to life. These wooden masks carved from red cedar, painted in bold traditional colours, rigged with hinges and cords open in dance to reveal hidden faces.

In potlatch ceremonies the masks shift from animal shapes into ancestors or human form.

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