Physical object: Carved and painted ceremonial mask, Iñupiat (Native Alaskan Tribe)

• Other Authors: Unknown creator, Northern Circumpolar (Creator)
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 1867
• Subjects: Inuit > Inuit Masks > Alaska Natives; Canada; Greenland; King Island; Norton Sound; eskimo*; inuit; Nome; Alaska
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/60002:4076

Native Alaskan ceremonial mask of wood, carved and painted in the image of a human face with minimal definition of features such as the eyebrows, nose, mouth and eyes. The overall simplicity of the face is both elegant and masterful in this modestly sized wooden mask. Narrow, elongated openings defi...