For #Woodensday:
Mask, Yup'ik artist, Alaska, c. 1900
wood, pigment, vegetal fiber
Metropolitan Museum of Art
“Its bentwood hoop represents the border of the universe and encloses images of a humanoid spirit face, a #seal, a #fish, and a #loon - all within the grasp of a large human hand.”
#IndigenousArt #FirstNationsArt #NativeAmericanArt