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THB20th C. Yupik Wood Dance Mask, Restored by C. McIntyre
Lot 237
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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Native American, Northwestern United States, Alaska, Yupik, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A remarkable dance mask carved from wood with extending feathers and wooden hands encircling the peripheries. The central panel is made from a light wood, teardrop shaped to form a whale's body, with a central fin and circular eyes above the rounded snout. A second face is carved into the whale's back with red and black pigments. A bent rod forms an arch over the visage. The wooden appendages, representing hands and fins, are attached with feather quills. Note that the hands have 4 fingers and lack thumbs. The animals can slip through the thumb-less hands of the spirit this mask represents and into the living world for the Yupik to hunt. The mask was restored by Chuna McIntyre, a Yupik artist and heritage historian. Size: 16" L x 6.5" W (40.6 cm x 16.5 cm) Size: 22" L x 15" W (55.9 cm x 38.1 cm)
Chuna McIntyre is a Yupik artist, historian, and dancer. He founded the program and curriculum Nunamfca "of our land" to educate and inspire native and non-native people about Yupik traditional culture through storytelling, song, and dance. Masks are an important part of the teaching and storytelling in McIntyre's performances. McIntyre has also consulted with the Metropolitan Museum of Art on the conservation of a Yupik mask made circa 1900; see the Metropolitan Museum website accession number 2017.718.3. He is also the consultant for the Smithsonian Institute for Yupik culture.
This piece has been searched against the Art Loss Register database and has been cleared. The Art Loss Register maintains the world's largest database of stolen art, collectibles, and antiques.
Provenance: private Alamo collection, Alamo, California, USA, before 2000
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#167564Professionally restored by Chuna McIntyre between 1997 and 2011. This piece was restored using legal feathers. All feather quills are detachable and slightly loose. Surface wear as expected with use and age, abrasions, and chips. Stable pressure fissures.Condition
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