Lot 133
Unidentified
Provenance:
The Collection of Dr. Francis Sparshott, 1985
Literature:
Dorothy Jean Ray, Eskimo Art: Tradition and Innovation in North Alaska, 1977, page 263
Note:
King Island shaman masks represent the good shaman and the bad shaman. The bad shaman is characterized by the thick lower lip and the good shaman by a thick upper lip.