Lot Essay
Such masks of simplified features were made in northern Alaska around Point Hope, Point Barrow, and King Island.
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AN ESKIMO WOOD FACE MASK
Of rounded form, arched brows, triangular nose with pierced nostrils, circular pierced eyes, upturned pierced mouth, periphery pierced for attachment, yellowish brown wood, traces of red pigment below nose, 6½in. (16.5cm.) high
Of rounded form, arched brows, triangular nose with pierced nostrils, circular pierced eyes, upturned pierced mouth, periphery pierced for attachment, yellowish brown wood, traces of red pigment below nose, 6½in. (16.5cm.) high