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When impersonated in dance, Dzoonokwa appeared wearing a bearskin. Her mask was carved with deep eye sockets, and her lips were formed to utter her characteristic cry. Shaggy, unkempt hair conveyed her wildness. She carried a basket, into which she put children who wandered into the woods, and whom she later devoured. This and other stories provided a means of impressing the importance of correct behavior.
Dzoonokwa appeared in several society dances, but during the Hamatsa cycle she spent most of the time asleep.
Special Interest Item (Photograph above)
23. Dzoonokwa Costume. As well as being feared, she also was thought to be a source of wealth. With this costume is a staff with seven represntations of broken copper, symbolic of wealth. Kwaklutl (Cape Scott)
(This photograph was taken at the Chicago Field Museum.)