#40 • Yup'ik Dance Fans

Part of August 2025 Fantastic Finds Auction (timed auction by Alaska Premier Auctions & Appraisals)

High bid $70.00

Status: Sold

Category: Ethnographic Objects

A pair of Yup’ik dance fans, also known as “tegumiak”. Each fan features an embroidered human face surrounded by rings of fur within a woven grass frame that is itself ringed in more fur. One of the fans features an additional smaller human face just below and to the right of the main face. Largest measures approximately 10" x 10.5" tall.