Mask - Giinaquq~root~>
Alaska State Museum > Alaska State Museum Alutiiq/Sugpiaq Ethnographic Collection
II-A-1565
Wood/Plant material;Human-made
Height: 3.5"
Width: 8.5"
Length: 12.5"
Alutiiq
Old Savonski
Carved wooden mask. Humanoid, with high forehead and flat broad nose, with flat extension beyond the mask going around it. Broken off below nostrils, so that the upper lip is also missing. One round and one slit eye, on a level with each other, and with traces of red paint around the eyes and cheeks. Several holes are drilled in the flat extension. In the reverse, center of forehead, a piece of rotting wood was driven in nearly flush with the surface.~root~>