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Mask
The museum record connects this expressive mask with music, performance and whistling spirit presences.
- Recorded culture
- Alutiiq / Sugpiaq
- Place
- Alaska, United States
- Date
- circa 1870
- Materials
- Wood and pigment
What the record supports
As catalogued, the mask comes from an Alutiiq/Sugpiaq context in Alaska. Its open mouth and painted surface should be considered as parts of a performed object, not just formal decoration.