Salmon woman/Weget’s Wife Transformation Mask wood sculpture abstract painting

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The bear is associated with the concept of "medicine

Salmon woman/Weget’s Wife Transformation Mask wood sculpture abstract paintingWegets wife was a supernatural being. She came from the salmon people. She kept her smoke house full, in order to always have food for her husband. One day, while walking through the smokehouse, the bone of a salmon caught Wegets hair. He threw the salmon to the ground in anger. Seeing this, Salmon woman walked down to the river , calling all of her people. The smokehouse that was once full was now empty. She and her people went back to the river, and