Alutiiq Masks -Carving Traditions – Alaska

Alutiiq Museum & Archaeological Repository .
To the Alutiit, masks are - agayulq?taq - "something to hold sacred." Carving Traditions explores these spiritual objects. It examines the creation and use of masks in classical Alutiiq society and considers how contemporary carvers are reawakening and reinterpreting this ancestral art.