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Holdings: 35mm slide: 4611
World Region: North America
Region: Arctic and Subarctic
Country: United States
State/Province: Alaska
Culture: Eskimo
Description: North America: Eskimo. Eskimo wooden mask, Southwest Alaska. Dimensions: 15 inches long by 9 inches wide. Eskimo masks showing extreme distortions are said to represent the spirits seen by medicine men. Mask making among the Eskimos is restricted to a relatively small area between the mouth of the Yukon river south to the Aleutian peninsula. The colors of this mask are typical of the Eskimo artists' preference for white backgrounds relieved by are
Image Categories: Artifact Function: Religion or Ritual; Artifact Material: Botanical
Source Type Detail: Book Citation: "Indian Art of the United States," by Frederic H. Douglas and Rene D'Harnoncourt; p. 43. New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1941.

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Full citation: "North America: Eskimo. Eskimo wooden mask, Southwest Alaska. Dimensions: 15 inches long by 9 inches wide. Eskimo masks showing extreme distortions are said to represent the spirits seen by medicine men. Mask making among the Eskimos is restricted to a relatively small area between the mouth of the Yukon river south to the Aleutian peninsula. The colors of this mask are typical of the Eskimo artists' preference for white backgrounds relieved by are". In the digital collection UM Museum of Anthropological Archaeology. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/anthro1ic/x-10585/10585. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. April 28, 2024.