#59 • Anaktuvuk Pass & Yup'ik Masks - Bert Oozevaseuk & Other

Part of November 2025 Ethnographic Art Auction (timed auction by Alaska Premier Auctions & Appraisals)

High bid $100.00

Status: Sold

Category: Masks

Two masks, the example on left, a Anaktuvuk Pass hide mask with fur ruff, mustache, and eyebrow details, signed with an illegible maker's mark, and the other indistinctly signed example, on the right. The latter features a fossilized whalebone face, inset baleen eye details and a polar bear fur ruff around the mask; signed en verso by Yup'ik artist Bert Oozevaseuk, originally from Gambell, St. Lawrence Island, Alaska.. The larger mask measures approximately 9.5" x 13" tall.