The Hamatsa Cannibal Spirit (Kwakwaka'wakw)
Baxbaxwalanuksiwe' (Man-Eater at the North End of the World) is the most important supernatural being in Kwakwaka'wakw winter ceremonies. This cannibal spirit has mouths all over his body and can transform into various man-eating birds. His attendants include the Hamatsa bird-masks: Gwaxwgwakwalanuksiwe' (a man-eating raven), Galuxwadzuwus (Crooked-Beak of Heaven, a bird with a long, crooked beak), and Huxhukw (a supernatural crane-like bird who cracks skulls to suck out brains). The Hamatsa ceremony, the most prestigious of the T'seka (Red Cedar Bark Ceremonies), involves a four-day complex d