Mask
Northern Alaska, Yup'ik or Inupiaq
not available anymore
Provenance
Parke-Bernet, New York, 1965, lot 49Size
H: 24,3 cm
H: 9.6 inch
Description
light wood, matt red patina, flat face with asymmetrical eye zone, marked by high cheek bones and open crescentic mouth carved with projecting upper teeth, slightly dam., cracks along the left mask rim, minor missing part (fine carved nasal septum), abrasion (nose, eyebrows), water spot, base