#51 • A Nunivak Transformation "Half Man & Half Wolf" Spirit Mask - Kay Hendrickson

Part of March 2026 Discovery Auction (timed auction by Alaska Premier Auctions & Appraisals)

High bid $35.00

Status: Sold

Category: Ethnographic Objects

A polychrome wooden spirit mask featuring a central face depicting a man on one side and a wolf on the other, the two halves bisecting the brow, nose, mouth, and chin. The face is suspended within a single bentwood ring and prepared for hanging en verso; ring has come loose where it was originally fastened together and bound with sinew. Signed on the back c.1972 by the late Cup'ig elder Kay Hendrickson of Mekoryuk, Alaska, with a notation that some painting was done by his wife. The work is the body only; the appendages, once present, have been lost to the ages. Measures approximately 11" x 2.25" x 14.5" tall.