Shamanic animal mask with hoop
Origin: Alaska, USA
Culture: Yup’ik
Materials: wood, pigments
Dating: First half of 20th century
Height: height 33 cm – 13.00”
Shamanic mask with a circle depicting a human face enclosed within a deer-like animal.
The fish surrounding the face symbolise supernatural spirits, which, passing through the hands of the mask, manifest themselves in the physical world to become prey for the hunt.
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