Inupiat Ceremonial Mask

Made from spruce wood and caribou teeth, this mask was worn in ceremonies of thanksgiving. It sits atop a decorative breastplate with images of whaling crews in skin boats called umiaks.

This mask sits atop a decorative breastplate with images of whaling crews in skin boats called umiaks.
NMNH Anthropology Collections/Smithsonian Institution

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