Yup'ik
Mask
Yup'ik, 1849
Physical Qualities
Wood, feathers, pigment, string, 5 7/8 x 9 1/16 x 15 3/4 in. (15 x 23 x 40 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Alan Wurtzburger
Object Number
1959.9
Flat board with 2 concentric rings; feathers and wooden hands projecting outwardly.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1959; Alan Wurtzburger, Baltimore; Likely collected by Wurtzburgers in 1956 in Russia (from Pacific NW coast dealers/descendants of 19th century Russian seal hunters)
Darienne Turner, The Baltimore Museum of Art, “Arctic Artistry”, July 17, 2022-January 8, 2023.
