Bridging Past and Present: A Study of Precontact Yup'ik Masks from the Nunalleq Site, Alaska
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anna Mossolova
Rick Knecht
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 56, no. 1, 2019, pp. 18-38
Description
Article uses archaeological, ethnographic, and oral history accounts to examine several masks and fragments recently recovered from the Nunalleq archeological site. Findings demonstrate strong pre-contact traditions of ceremonial mask making that continued post contact.