The living tradition of Yup’ik masks : Agayuliyararput, our way of making prayer

Author(s): Fienup-Riordan, Ann Anchorage Museum of History and Art, Meade, Marie, McWayne, Barry

Publisher: University of Washington Press

Place of Publication: Seattle

Type: Book

Page Count: 320 p. : ill. (some col.), maps

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Yup'ik Contributors — Introduction: Our Way of Making an Exhibit — The Masks' History. The Yup'ik People of Western Alaska. Masks in Museums: Collecting the Past for the Future — The 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

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Biomedical (Vancouver Style):

Fienup-Riordan, Ann Anchorage Museum of History and Art, Meade, Marie, McWayne, Barry. The living tradition of Yup’ik masks : Agayuliyararput, our way of making prayer. Seattle: University of Washington Press; 1996.