Yup'ik masks

GPTKB entity

Statements (46)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:artifacts
ceremonial mask
gptkbp:depicts gptkb:mythological_figure
animals
spirits
gptkbp:displayedAt gptkb:Smithsonian_National_Museum_of_the_American_Indian
gptkb:Alaska_State_Museum
Anchorage Museum
gptkbp:feature gptkb:symmetry
asymmetry
large size
elaborate decoration
bright colors
natural pigments
multiple faces
movable parts
representation of animal-human relationships
representation of transformation
rings or hoops
suspended objects
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Yup'ik masks
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Yup'ik_cosmology
mythology
subsistence lifestyle
gptkbp:languageOfName gptkb:Yup'ik
gptkbp:material gptkb:painting
wood
feathers
animal fur
gptkbp:notableCollection anthropologists
gptkbp:notableContributor gptkb:Kegginaq_(mask_maker)
gptkbp:origin gptkb:Alaska
gptkbp:otherName kegginaq
yup'ik kegginaq
gptkbp:period 19th century
20th century
pre-contact era
gptkbp:purpose healing rituals
spiritual communication
hunting rituals
gptkbp:usedBy Indigenous people
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:storytelling
dances
ceremonies
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Yupik_peoples
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7