Yua (Spirit) Mask with Fish, Feather and Flipper Appendages
Harry Oomyun Shavings, Yup'ik / American, 1909 - 1989
Yup'ik
Western Arctic
Arctic
mid-20th century
Wood, paint, and feathers
Height: 2 3/16 in. (5.5 cm)
Diameter: 10 1/4 in. (26 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Bequest of Evelyn Stefansson Nef
2014.17.21
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Ceremonial Artifact: Mask
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Arctic-Western Arctic
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed, in graphite, on back of mask: Harry O. Shavings, Mekoryuk, Alaska 99630
Provenance
Evelyn Stefansson Nef (1913-2009); bequeathed to present collection, 2014.
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