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Hamatsa Hist.

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

  See also: Hamatsa Society  

  • 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.