Native American-Masks

There is not remuneration or gain obtained by this site from the sites listed here. The examples are here for educational purposes only, while the links are both to provide credit where credit is due and so that the seeker can visit them and avail themselves of what the various sites have to offer, far more and above what is listed here.

The Native American “masks” had many and varied purposes, from entertainment to spiritual and/or medicinal purpose. Many Tribes believe/believed that when a person donned certain masks for specified ceremonies or rituals, the actual spirit of the animal depicted entered the individual wearing it and thus the individual was able to share this creatures power to some degree, be it strength, purpose, wisdom, and the like.

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The Legacy, Ltd. –
Contemporary and Historical Northwest Coast Indian Art:
www.thelegacyltd.com

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PORTRAIT MASK TOM PATTERSON NUU-CHAH-NULTH	BOW-ISH ORIGIN OF MOSQUITOS COREY MORAES TSIMSHIAN	BEAR DAVID A. BOXLEY TSIMSHIAN	KILLER WHALE HUNTER GREG COLFAX MAKAH


MOON PHASES "4 PHASES OF THE MOON" KEN HUMPERVILLE CREE	BELLA-BELLA WILDMAN CALVIN HUNT KWAKWAKA'WAKW	DZUNUKWA MASTHEAD DON SVANVIK KWAKWAKA'WAKW	THUNDERBIRD SUN JOE WILSON KWAKWAKA'WAKW


SUPERNATURAL COD FISH GARY PETERSON KWAKWAKA'WAKW	SISIUTL HEADDRESS ANTHONY DAWKINS KWAKWAKA'WAKW	OLD LADY GLEN RABENA	BLUE JAY ANDY PETERSON WILBUR SKOKOMISH

Black Arrow Indian Art:
www.blackarrowindianart.com

Very, very nice site. The artist, shown here, is one fine multi-talented person! You need to go to the site to really appreciate it, the other artists there, and Cindy Jo!

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CINDY JO

Agayuliyararput: Our Way of Making Prayer: www.si.umich.edu/CHICO/yupik/yupik.html

This is an extremely educational site. If you have real interest in learning Northwest/Alaskan Indians, then you need to get into this site! It pertains to the Yup’ik Eskimo of Alaska. You won’t be sorry you did!

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Inglukellriik kegginaquq – this type of mask appears as abstract face from one angle and an animal from another – circa 1890

Pitarkallruak kegginaquq – Yukon Mask - Grizzly Bear Masks, originally had feathers around upper rim – date unknown

Uiluruak kegginaquq – Yukon Mask – Yualle Resak Kinakok (pretend clam mask)

Carayaguaq kegginaquq – Lower Yukon Mask – Monster Whale Eater Mask

Native Expressions-Becky Olvera Schultz
www.native-expressions.com

Native American Masks & Other Works Inspired by Indigenous Peoples of the Americas

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DOG SOLDIER	LAUGHING OWL	STONEWALKER


TALL EAGLE	TERRACOTTA CROWN ZIA

Also see Becky's New Website-Powwow Power

THE LOST WARRIORS-Spider Tattooz-NEW!
www.thelostwarriors.com

This artist has just come to my our attention. There is far more than the just masks on his website, so make sure you look around.

Below are Spider's words about how he makes his masks.

With the prices of these masks, we can enjoy and appreciate them in our own homes!
-Stone Woman

" I create these masks from actual photographs and research their backgrounds. Each mask has a date and a name, and thus no two masks are exactly alike. The materials I use are indicative of each tribal culture. The feathers and ornaments are from the tribe's origin; each adornment tells a story. I research the face paintings from The Complete Indian Customs Encyclopedia, so every mask is a true replication of the Native American it embodies.

Each mask is made from deer buckskin or pigskin and adorned with French cut glass, turquoise, and bone pipe. I use only authentic materials to create these masks. After I complete each mask, I cleanse and purify it in the ancient blessing rites of a smudging session.

I hope you appreciate these masks as much as I enjoy creating them."
~ Spider


BUFFALO DANCER	KICKING BIRD	RED HAWK


TALL BEAR	WANDERING BULL & LEANING TREE	CHIEF JACK RED CLOUD

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