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Mask
The catalogue describes a layered composition connecting a hunter’s kayak, a seal spirit, a bird head and supernatural animals.
- Recorded culture
- Yup’ik
- Place
- Alaska, United States
- Date
- circa 1900
- Materials
- Wood, pigment, fibre, iron and feathers
What the record supports
The Met’s interpretation reads the work through Yup’ik relationships among hunters, animals and helping spirits. Its projecting elements make movement and changing viewpoints essential to the design.