Artist/Maker
Byron L Amos
Title
Walrus Mask
Date2024
Object number2024.28.2
Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum
DescriptionWhite, maroon and black mask in a circular shape, with 12 different pieces emanating off of the center. Images depicted are birds, hands, feet, animals and feathers.ProvenanceBought in Sitka, AK on Members trip 2024 to Alaska. Pieces made by Byron L. Amos, Cup'iq Artist who grew up in Mekoryuk Villiage on Nunivak Island. He has been a sculpture, mask maker, also an ivory carver sunce the age of 9. His father th elate Walter T. Amos was also a famous mask maker originating from Nunivak Island. Byron Amos waited 8 years before replicating his father's masks made from wood. It is his heritage to keep the family tradtion within the family lineage passed down from generation to generation. In the deep past the wood was found from the shores of Nunivak Island, the wood was a highly special commodity for the people.On View
On view
late 19th Century
Comenius, Johann Amos
ca. 1870-1890
Baker, Amos C., Jr.
Baker, Amos C., Jr.
Baker, Amos C., Sr.
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