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• catalog abstract "For the Yup'ik people of southwestern Alaska, masked dancing has long been a focal point of ceremonial activity. Performed traditionally inside the qasaiq (communal men's house) during festivals, the dances feature face and finger masks that make visible the world of helping spirits and extraordinary beings, and are specially made to tell particular stories. Although masks are infrequently used today, elders still remember their powerful presence and increasingly appreciate them as touchstones of cultural pride - as agayuliyararput, "our way of making prayer." Often used by shamans to facilitate communication and movement between worlds (human and animal, the living and the dead), Yup'ik masks usually were discarded after use. Specimens first found their way into museum collections via nineteenth-century traders and collectors working along the Yukon and Kuskokwim rivers, and soon were displayed internationally. The Living Tradition of Yup'ik Masks brings together masks from museum and private collections all over the world and presents them in their native context. Ann Fienup Riordan describes the natural world of southwestern Alaska and the rich ceremonial life that evolved there to acknowledge and honor the many beings that made possible the sustenance of human life in a precariously balanced environment. Chapters arranged geographically describe the world's major Yup'ik mask collectors and collections and the circumstances that made each unique. The voices of Yup'ik elders are present throughout the text, recounting stories, describing traditional Yup'ik life, and responding to particular masks.".
• catalog contributor b9997779.
• catalog contributor b9997780.
• catalog coverage "Alaska Antiquities Exhibitions.".
• catalog created "1996.".
• catalog date "1996".
• catalog date "1996.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "1996.".
• catalog description "Book review by Dorothy Jean Ray, in American Indian art magazine, 0192-9968, Vol. 22, no. 3 (summer 1997), p. 100-101.".
• catalog description "For the Yup'ik people of southwestern Alaska, masked dancing has long been a focal point of ceremonial activity. Performed traditionally inside the qasaiq (communal men's house) during festivals, the dances feature face and finger masks that make visible the world of helping spirits and extraordinary beings, and are specially made to tell particular stories. Although masks are infrequently used today, elders still remember their powerful presence and increasingly appreciate them as touchstones of cultural pride - as agayuliyararput, "our way of making prayer." Often used by shamans to facilitate communication and movement between worlds (human and animal, the living and the dead), Yup'ik masks usually were discarded after use. Specimens first found their way into museum collections via nineteenth-century traders and collectors working along the Yukon and Kuskokwim rivers, and soon were displayed internationally. The Living Tradition of Yup'ik Masks brings together masks from museum and private collections all over the world and presents them in their native context. Ann Fienup Riordan describes the natural world of southwestern Alaska and the rich ceremonial life that evolved there to acknowledge and honor the many beings that made possible the sustenance of human life in a precariously balanced environment. Chapters arranged geographically describe the world's major Yup'ik mask collectors and collections and the circumstances that made each unique. The voices of Yup'ik elders are present throughout the text, recounting stories, describing traditional Yup'ik life, and responding to particular masks.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-314) and index.".
• catalog description "Yup'ik Contributors -- Introduction: Our Way of Making an Exhibit -- Masks' History -- Yup'ik People of Western Alaska -- Masks in Museums: Collecting the Past for the Future -- Masks' Meaning -- Making the Unseen Seen -- Masks and the Stories They Tell -- In the Qasgiq -- Suppression and Revival of Masked Dancing -- Making a Mask -- Human Senses in Yup'ik Iconography and Oral Tradition -- Dance and Song: The Body and Breath of the Mask -- Collectors and Collections: New Stories for Old Masks -- Collectors Come to the Yukon -- Kuskowim Collections and Collecting -- Masks and Masked Dancing at Hooper Bay and Qissunaq.".
• catalog extent "320 p. :".
• catalog identifier "0295975016 (cloth : alk paper)".
• catalog identifier "0295975237 (paper : alk. paper)".
• catalog isReferencedBy "Book review by Dorothy Jean Ray, in American Indian art magazine, 0192-9968, Vol. 22, no. 3 (summer 1997), p. 100-101.".
• catalog issued "1996".
• catalog issued "1996.".
• catalog language "eng ypk".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Seattle : University of Washington Press,".
• catalog spatial "Alaska Antiquities Exhibitions.".
• catalog subject "731/.75/089971 20".
• catalog subject "E99.E7 F435 1996".
• catalog subject "Yupik Eskimos Religion Exhibitions.".
• catalog subject "Yupik art Exhibitions.".
• catalog subject "Yupik masks Exhibitions.".
• catalog tableOfContents "Yup'ik Contributors -- Introduction: Our Way of Making an Exhibit -- Masks' History -- Yup'ik People of Western Alaska -- Masks in Museums: Collecting the Past for the Future -- Masks' Meaning -- Making the Unseen Seen -- Masks and the Stories They Tell -- In the Qasgiq -- Suppression and Revival of Masked Dancing -- Making a Mask -- Human Senses in Yup'ik Iconography and Oral Tradition -- Dance and Song: The Body and Breath of the Mask -- Collectors and Collections: New Stories for Old Masks -- Collectors Come to the Yukon -- Kuskowim Collections and Collecting -- Masks and Masked Dancing at Hooper Bay and Qissunaq.".
• catalog title "The living tradition of Yup'ik masks : agayuliyararput = our way of making prayer / Ann Fienup-Riordan ; translations by Marie Meade ; photography by Barry McWayne.".
• catalog type "Exhibition catalogs. fast".
• catalog type "text".