Q: We ended up with two masks we could not identify. Could you help us out please. Thanks so much,
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A: I can’t remember ever seeing masks like these two. Obviously, they are from the same culture and time period. I suspect they were used in culture, perhaps a long time ago. If I had to make a guess, I’d say they’re both from Alaska. If that turns out to be true, they would be of great interest to serious collectors. I hope Norb will send the size of each in a comment. If you have a hunch where they came from, please let us all know.
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Aaron
I’d say Alaska as well, possibly Yupik.
Norb Novocin
Hi Bob,
Silly me. The top one measures approx. 13 1/4″ across 8 1/4″ tall and 4″ deep. The bottom one measures approx. 8 1/4″ wide, 9 1/4″ tall and 3 1/4″ deep. Thanks,
Norb
Bob Ibold
Norb just sent in the following…
On that first mask, if the wearer tilts their head side ways it looks like a crescent moon with a head face in profile.
Chris
This is definitely one of the most intriguing mystery mask cases – the half moon is evident (and a very interesting, unusual mask item, by its form). However, what about the second one? why is it so round with a face? I guess the two are a corresponding pair, either one of them is the half moon, and the other is the full moon – or a half moon and a sun. Let’s hope someone with ethnographic expertise in maybe North American indigenous cultures knows more (if we assume them to come from the North)…and let’s not forget northeastern Russia, I think the masks could also originate from northeast Asia.
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