Pitch Woman MaskThis Pitch Woman Mask is carved in red cedar by Russell Tate from the Ditidaht First Nation on the southwest coast of Vancouver Island. Russell remembers being told about Pitch Woman from his grandmother. She cautioned that children who walked off into the woods alone were at risk of being kidnapped by Pitch Woman, so named because she would put pitch in their eyes before carrying them home in her basket to eat. Pitch Woman is a symbol similar to the