Hamatsa

Hist.

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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attrib.

a secret society of the Kwakiutl Indians of the Pacific coast which indulged in the eating of human flesh.

Quotations

1952

A Hamatsa whistle is big medicine.

1958

This bird was also used in Hamatsa (cannibal) dances showing that "Nan-wa-kaw-i's" people used both kinds in their festivals.