Wild Woman of the Woods mask This mask is hand carved from red cedar by artist Tony Hunt, Jr. The art of hereditary Kwakwaka’wakw Chief and Master Carver Tony Hunt (Naquapenkim) is a contemporary expression of an ancient design tradition of the Kwakwaka’wakw peoples of the village of T’sakis on Vancouver Island.The artist was early apprenticed to his grandfather, Master Carve Mungo Martin, who created many masks and monumental carvings for Kwakwaka’wakw ceremonies during the first half of the twentieth century.As an artist and cultural leader among his people, Tony Hunt represents an unbroken tradition that reaches back thousands of years.
