Inupiaq Mask

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Inupiaq Mask

Alaska

Inupiaq shaman’s mask (Eskimo)
Bering Strait region
Point Hope

Carved wood, pigments
Early 20th century
Height : 7 ¼ in. (18.5 cm)

Ex collection Luciano Lanfranchi, Milano, Italia
Ex collection Alex Arthur, Brussels, Belgium
Ex private collection, France

This shamanic mask from the Point Hope area, north of the Bering Strait is a striking example of Inupiaq (Eskimo) ritual art.
A magnetic presence emanates from this Point Hope mask. Similar transformation masks are illustrated in "Masks of the Point Hope Eskimo" by James W. Van Stone.

The Subarctic region inhabited by the Iniupiaq (Eskimo) peoples in Alaska is well supplied with land and sea resources allowing for much time that could be devoted to a full ceremonial life. After freezeup in the winter, performance cycles were undertaken that were important to maintaining proper human, animal and spirit-world interactions. These ritual and shamanic ceremonies took place in the Men’s House (qasaiq). During masked ceremonies, shamans, under the protection of their animal-guides entered into a trance to communicate with the spirit world. Before leaving on a hunt, men also had to observe a certain number of dictates to assure themselves of the beneficial support of tutelary spirits, the « masters » of game animals.

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Inupiaq Mask

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Inupiaq Mask

Alaska

Inupiaq Culture
Ancient Eskimo

Carved wood, pigments
15th century
CIRAM test (C14): 1410-1446 (95.4% prob.)
H: 18.5 cm – 7 ¼ in.

Excavated near Shishmaref in 2003
Ex collection Joseph G. Gerena, New York
Ex private collection Paris

Published:
Masks: Transformation, Transmission & Trickery, Joseph G. Gerena Fine Art, 2007

Published: New Beginnings, 2017

In an exhibition that serves as a point of reference, The Far North at the National Gallery of Art in Washington in 1973, Edmund Carpenter described the Arctic region as the « Top of the World ». This fragment of an Inupiaq mask perfectly illustrates the aesthetic qualities of the archaic art of the extreme Far North.
The several centuries-old mask represents a naturalist portrait, its features (eyebrows, cheekbones, eyes) remarkably rendered. A magnetic presence emanates from this shamanic mask.
The holes situated along the bridge of the nose are – as far as we know – unique in the limited corpus of ancient Inupiaq masks. They suggest that an additional element was attached to the surface of the mask: a representation of a totemic animal, a shamanic reference? This only reinforces the aura of mystery surrounding this ancestral mask.

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Yipwon

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Brag Mask

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Archives | Alaska

Thule Figure

Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Iatmul
overmodelled skull

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Elema Mask

Archives | Alaska

Shamanic Mask

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | USA

Beaded moccasins

Archives | Mali

Dogon couple

Archives | Alaska

Yup’ik Hat

Archives | West Australia

Shield

Archives | Papua New Guinea

War Shield

Archives | Alaska

Yup’ik Mask

Archives | New Ireland

Tatanua Mask

Archives | Alaska

Snow Googles

Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Archives | Alaska

Yup’ik Mask

Archives | Austral Islands

Ceremonial paddle

Archives | Mali

Dogon Figure

Archives | Alaska

OBS Head

Archives | Solomon Islands

Standing figure

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | New Zealand

Maori Ornament

Archives | Solomon Islands

Tevau
Currency roll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Tonga Islands

Dui Club

Archives | Gabon

Kota
Reliquary Figure

Archives | Alaska

Okvik Head

Archives | Democratic Republic of the Congo

Songye Figure

Archives | Alaska

Winged Object

Archives | Alaska

Yupi’k Mask

Archives | U.S.A.

Tomahawk

Archives | Indonesia

Asmat Skull

Archives | Alaska

Alutiiq Ladle

Archives | Alaska

Female Figure

Archives | New Britain

Tolai Mask

Archives | Tonga Islands

Povai War Club

Archives | Alaska

Snow goggles

Archives | Democratic Republic of the Congo

Pre-Bembe figure

Archives | Gabon

Kota Mask

Archives | Burkina Faso

Lobi Figure

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Alaska

Yup’ik Mask

Archives | Burkina Faso

Mossi Flute

Archives | Ivory Coast

Baule Mask

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Ivory Coast

Baule Heddle Pulley

Archives | Ivory Coast

Baule heddle pulley

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | New Mexico

Kachina doll

Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Yipwon

Archives | Ghana

Akuaba

Archives | Democratic Republic of the Congo

Songye figure

Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Porapora Figure

Kachina Archives | New Mexico

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Ancestor Figure

Archives | U.S.A.

Pictorial storage jar

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Bioma Figure

Archives | Ivory Coast

Senufo Figure

Archives | Gabon

Kota Obamba
Reliquary Figure

Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Archives | Siberia

Harpoon head

Archives | New Zealand

Hei Tiki

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Nigeria

Ibeji

Archives | Alaska

Shamanic figure

Archives | U.S.A.

Human figure

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Poupée Kachina

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | New Mexico

Kachina doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Alaska

Inuit Figure

Archives | Alaska

Whale Figure

Archives | Sahara Desert

Salt Slab

Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Mali

Dogon Ring

Archives | Austral Islands

Ceremonial Paddle

Archives | Cameroon

Mu’po Figure

Archives | Côte d'Ivoire

Dan Mask

Archives | Democratic Republic of the Congo

Songye Figure

Archives | Democratic Republic of the Congo

Songye Figure

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Nigeria

Mama Mask

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Archives | Alaska

Thule Figure

Kachina Archives | New Mexico

Kachina Doll

Archives | Democratic Republic of the Congo

Lega Figure

Archives | Democratic Republic of the Congo

Biombo Mask

Archives | Alaska

Okvik Head

Archives | Gabon

Punu Mask

Archives | Nigeria

Mumuye Figure

Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | New Ireland

War club

Archives | Nigeria

Mumuye Figure

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Yangoru Boiken
Currency

Archives | Alsaka

Eskimo Doll

Archives | U.S.A.

War Bonnet

Archives | Democratic Republic of the Congo

Lega mask

Archives | New Caledonia

Kanak Roof Finial

Archives | Admiralty Islands

Double Figure

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | U.S.A.

Beaded Pouch

Archives | Arizona

Tabletta

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Alaska

Okvik Head

Archives | U.S.A.

Medicine Pouch

Archives | Marquesas Islands

Fan Handle

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Archives | Papua New Guinea

War Shield

Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Mali

Tellem Figure

Archives | Marquesas Islands

Tiki

Archives | Alaska

Okvik Figure

Archives | Alaska

Wrist protection

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Archives | Marquesas Islands

Ivi Po’o

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Archives | Democratic Republic of the Congo

Kongo Figure

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Canada

Tlingit Raven rattle

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Yipwon

Archives | Mali

Dogon Figure

Archives | Marquesas Islands

Ear ornaments

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Poupée Kachina

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Alaska

Inupiaq Mask

Archives | Kenya

Kikuyu Shield

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Ghana

Ashanti Head

Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Betel Mortar

Archives | Australia

Churinga

Archives | Alaska

Inuit Parka

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Democratic Republic of the Congo

Ngbaka Mask

Archives | Solomon Islands

Faa Comb

Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Nigeria

Mumuye Figure

Archives

Edward S. Curtis
(1868-1952)

Archives

Frank A. Rinehart
(1861-1928)

Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | New Zealand

Kumete

Archives | Nigeria / Cameroon

Mambila Figure

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Nigeria

Mumuye Figure

Archives | Nigeria

Ibeji

Archives | Ivory Coast

Baule Pulley

Archives

A Cheyenne warrior

Archives | U.S.A.

Edward S. Curtis (1868-1952)

Archives

Antonio Zeno Schindler (1823-1899)

Archives

Joseph K. Dixon (1856-1926)

Archives

Joseph K. Dixon (1856-1926)

Archives | Alaska

Yup’ik Mask

Archives

Alexander Gardner (1821 – 1882)

Archives | Maluku Islands

Model of a boat

Archives | Nigeria / Cameroon

Mambila Trumpet

Archives | Ivory Coast

Baule Figure

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives

Anonymous

Archives

Prince Roland Bonaparte (1858-1924)

Archives

Prince Roland Bonaparte (1858-1924)

Archives | Alaska

Yup’ik Mask

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | New Zealand

Maori figure

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Phantom Shield

Archives | Solomon Islands

Shield

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Elema Armband

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Yipwon

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Imunu

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | PaPapua New Guinea

Agiba

Archives | New Caledonia

Kanak Figure

Archives | U.S.A.

Bannerstone

Archives | Ghana

Akuaba

Archives | Nigeria

Mumuye Figure

Archives | Alaska

Snow Goggles

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Dolls

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | New Mexico

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Alaska

Eskimo Kayak

Archives | Alaska

Human Figure

Archives | Alaska

Harpoon Counterweight

Archives | Alaska

Thule Figure

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Female Figure

Archives | U.S.A.

Pipe

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Burkina Faso

Lobi Figure

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Indonesia

Marangga

Archives | Solomon Islands

Ceremonial Paddle

Archives | Democratic Republic of the Congo

Songye Figure

Archives | Papua New Guinea

War Shield

Archives | Democratic Republic of the Congo

Lega Stone

Archives | U.S.A.

False Face Mask

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Arizona

Horned Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Alaska

Yup’ik Mask

Archives | U.S.A.

War Bonnet

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Japan

Shinto Priest’s headdress Kanmuri

Archives | Nepal

Shamanic Mask

Archives | Alaska

Yup’ik Mask

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | New Mexico

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | New Mexico

Kachina doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Arizona or New Mexico

Ceremonial Apron

Archives | New Mexico

Polychrome Jar

Archives | Alaska

Shaman’s necklace

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Singarin Mask

Archives | Fiji Islands

Sali War Club

Archives | Democratic Republic of the Congo

Songye Mask

Archives | Marquesas Islands

U’U War Club

Archives | Kapingamarangi Atoll

Canoe Model

Archives | Nigeria

Ibeji

Archives | Western Australia

Shield

Archives | Ghana

Ashanti Doll

Archives | Nigeria

Mumuye Figure

Archives | Alaska

Exceptional Torso

Archives | Alaska

Thule figure

Archives | Democratic Republic of the Congo

Hemba Figure

Archives | Nigeria

Izzi bowl

Archives | Northern Liberia

Dan / We-Wobe
Mask

Archives | Mali

Tellem Figure

Archives | Mali

Dogon Figure

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Mali

Niongom Figure

Archives | Ivory Coast

Baule Mask

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Spirit Figure

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Phantom Shield

Archives | Nigeria

Mumuye Figure

Archives | Nigeria

Mumuye Figure

Archives | Solomon Islands

Tevau

Archives | New Britain

Tolai Mask

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Yipwon

Archives | New Caledonia

Kanak Board

Archives | Ivory Coast

Senufo Figure

Archives | Fiji Islands

Gugu Club

Archives | Burkina Faso

Mossi Doll

Archives | New Caledonia

Kanak Club

Archives | Tonga Islands

Apa’Apai Club

Archives | Ivory Coast

Baule Mask

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Gope

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Solomon Islands

Canoe Prow

Archives | Ivory Coast

Dan Diomande
Mask

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Mendi shield

Archives | Vanuatu

Overmodeled Skull

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Marshall Islands

Navigation chart

Archives | Nigeria

Ibeji

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Poupée Kachina

Archives | Andaman Islands

Bow

Archives | Solomon Islands

Fish reliquary

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Democratic Republic of the Congo

Songye Figure

Archives | New Ireland

Mouth ornament

Archives | New Ireland

Tatanua mask

Archives | Burkina Faso

Mossi Whistle

Archives | Nigeria

Divination Bowl

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Bioma Figure

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Elema Armband

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Ceremonial Spatula

Archives | Australia

Aboriginal shield

Archives | Mali

Dogon Figure

Archives | Mali

Dogon Figure

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Brag Mask

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Marupai

Archives | Samoa Islands

Canoe Model

Archives | Mali

Dogon Mask

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Agiba

Archives | Mali

Dogon Dog Figure

Archives | Marquesas Islands

Ivi Poo

Archives | New Zealand

Maori ornament

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Imunu Figure

Archives | Ghana

Akuaba doll
Ashanti

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Telefolmin board

Archives | Nigeria

Ibeji
Yoruba

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Nigeria

Ibeji
Yoruba

Archives | Marquesas Islands

Ivi Poo

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Female
Spirit Figure

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Yangoru Boiken
Currency

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Iatmul
Spirit Board

Archives | Solomon Islands

Canoe Model

Archives | Austral Islands

Ceremonial Paddle

Archives | Gabon

Tsogho Gong

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Garra Hook

Archives | Nigeria

Chief’s Head

Archives | Burkina Faso

Bobo or Tiefo
Figure

Archives

Edward S. Curtis
(1868-1952)

Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Andaman Islands

Bow

Archives | Alaska

Punuk Knife

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Cook Islands.

‘Umete Bowl

Archives | Alaska

Seal effigy

Archives | Alaska

Inupiaq Mask

Archives | Alaska / Greenland

Kayak Models

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Female Figure

Archives | Alaska

Winged Object

Archives | Alaska

Inuit
Snow Goggles

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Democratic Republic of the Congo

Zande Figure

Archives | Alaska

Eskimo
Child’s Coat

Archives | Alaska

Thule Figure

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Alaska

Thule Figure

Archives | Alaska

Tlingit Figure

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Alaska

Peary’s expedition
North Pole

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Alaska

Tlingit Rattle

Archives | Eagle Dancer

Edward S. Curtis
(1868-1952)

Archives | Alaska

Inuit Figure

Archives

Edward S. Curtis
(1868-1952)

Archives | Alaska

Bear Figure

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Alaska

Harpoon Head

North America | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Palm trees in front of the Pyramids of Giza

Felix Bonfils (1831-1885)

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Archives | Alaska

Thule Knife

Archives | Alaska

Thule Whale

Archives | Canada

Tsimshian or Haisla Mask

Archives | Alaska

Yup’ik Masks

Archives | Australia

Boomerang

Archives

Felix Bonfils (1831-1885)

Archives | Alaska

Thule Figure

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Gope

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Canada

Kwakiutl Frontlet

Archives | Alaska

Inupiaq Mask

Archives

Felix Bonfils (1831-1885)

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Alaska

Punuk / Thule Head

Archives | Alaska

Thule Figure

Archives | U.S.A.

Iroquois

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Exceptional
Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | U.S.A.

George Catlin

Archives | New Ireland

Dance Ornament

Archives | Tonga Island

Moungalaulau War Club

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Nigeria

Mumuye Figure

Archives | Canada

Model Totem Pole

Archives | New Mexico/Arizona

Proto-Pueblo Head

Archives | Alaska

Tlingit Rattle

Kachina Archives | Arizona.

Kachina Doll

Archives | Alaska

Inuit Bear

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Australia

Churingas

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Alaska

Bear figure

Kachina Archives | New Mexico

Kachina Doll

Archives | U.S.A.

Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Ivory Coast

Baule Mask

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives

Edward S. Curtis
(1868-1952)

Archives | Plains

War club & Pipe

Archives | Alaska

Harpoon Head

Archives | Alaska

Amulet / Tool

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Plains

Sioux Pipe

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Nigeria

Ibeji
Yoruba

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Democratic Republic of the Congo

Lele mask

Archives | Alaska

Punuk Scraper

Archives | Alaska

OBS III Head

Archives | Fiji Islands

Kava Bowl

Archives | Gulf of Alaska

Eskimo ornaments

Archives | Canada

Shaman’s mask

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | New Zealand

Maori spear

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Alaska

Thule Figure

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Alaska

Yup’ik mask

Archives

Edward S. Curtis
(1868-1952)

Archives | Ghana

Ashanti doll

Archives | Alaska

Thule Amulet

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Democratic Republic of the Congo

Lwalwa Mask

Archives | Alaska

Harpoon Head

Archives | Alaska

Inuit Figure

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Archives | New Ireland

Kipong mask

Archives | Brazil

Myhara Headdress

Archives | Nigeria

Ibeji

Archives | New Ireland

Kap Kap

Archives | Democratic Republic of the Congo

Hemba Figure

Archives | Mali

Bambara Antelope

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Abelam Currency

Archives | Alaska

Thule Whale

Archives | Alaska

Human figure

Archives | Alaska

Okvik head

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Gabon

Punu Mask

Archives | Alaska

Shamanic amulet

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Phantom Shield

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Phantom Shield

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Phantom Shield

Archives | Alaska

Figural comb

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Phantom Shield

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Phantom Shield

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Phantom Shield

Archives | Alaska

Thule Seal

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Phantom Shield

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | U.S.A.

Clay doll

Archives | Nigeria

Mumuye Figure

Archives | Marquesas Islands

U’U war club

Archives | New Zealand

Hei Tiki

Archives | New Ireland

Malagan
sculpture

Archives | Democratic Republic of the Congo

Ituri Mask

Archives | Australia

Shield

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Kachina Archives | New Mexico

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | New Mexico

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Archives | Nigeria

Ere Ibeji

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Poupée Kachina

Archives | Canada

Tsimshian Bowl

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Phantom shield

Archives | Canada

Spoon

Archives | Ivory Coast

Baule Mask

Archives | Ivory Coast

Baule Figure

Archives | Canada

Model totem pole

Archives | Alaska

Yup’ik Mask

Archives | Alaska or Siberia

Whale figure

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Sepik mask

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Democratic Republic of the Congo

Pende mask

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives

Joseph K. Dixon
(1856-1926)

Archives

Joseph K. Dixon
(1856-1926)

Archives

Joseph K. Dixon
(1856-1926)

Archives | Alaska

Snow goggles

Archives | Alaska

Human figure

Archives | Alaska

Bear figure

Archives | Alaska

Bear figure

Archives | Alaska

Barbed spear point

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Australia

Churinga

Archives | Alaska

Harpoon counterweight

Archives | Alaska

Snow goggles

Archives | Austral Islands

Ceremonial Paddle

Archives | Tonga Islands

Moungalaulau
war club

Archives | Fiji

Kinikini club

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Democratic Republic of the Congo

Vili figure

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Phantom Shield

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Alaska

Inuit figure

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Hook Figure

Archives

Edward S. Curtis
(1868-1952)

Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | New Ireland

Dance ornament

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Canada

Raven Rattle

Archives | Canada

Shaman mask

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Yipwon

Archives | Solomon Islands

Tevau

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | New Mexico

Kachina Doll

Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Alaska

Seal figure

Archives | Alaska

Inuit Doll

Archives | New Ireland

Malagan Ornament

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Archives | Australia

Aboriginal Shield

Archives | Australia

Aboriginal Shield

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Alaska

Inuit container

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Democratic Republic of the Congo

Songye Mask

Archives | Nigeria

Mumuye Figure

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Côte d'Ivoire

Bassa mask

Archives | Ghana

Akuaba

Archives | Liberia

Kran Mask

Archives | Ivory Coast

Bete Mask

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Australia

Aboriginal Shield

Archives | Solomon Islands

Canoe prow

Archives | Australie

Aboriginal Shield

Archives | Australia

Churinga

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Archives | Fiji Islands

Sali War Club

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Ancestor Figure

Archives | Mali

Bambara Antelope

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Archives | Papua New Guinea

War Shield

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

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Shamanic Figure

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Shamanic Figure

Alaska

Protection effigy
Point Hope, Alaska
Inupiaq culture – Archaic Eskimo

19th century
Carved wood
Height: 30 cm – 11 ¾ in.

Provenance
Ex collection Christopher Selser, Santa Fe
Ex private collection, Denver
Ex collection Galerie Flak, Paris, 2008
Ex collection Nathalie Chaboche & Guy Porré, France

Exhibited & published
“Alaska, passé/présent”, Boulogne-sur-Mer Museum, June-December 2016

Published: FAB Paris, 2023

Large wood-carved human figures from Alaska presumably served various purposes in ancient shamanic rituals. They could be used as house guardians, family protectors, personal assistants, spiritual helpers, commemorative portraits or grave markers for important members of the community.
This type of minimalist human figure falls within a stylistic continuum tracing back to the earliest statuary traditions in Eskimo art.
According to Yup'ik and Inupiaq informants, the groove on the back of this figure was the receptacle of the « spirit of lightning » which provided protection.