Exploring Alutiiq Masks: A Cultural Journey Through History
Delve into the rich cultural heritage of the Alutiiq people through the exploration of masks as social history. Discover the significance of Alutiiq masks, watch a documentary on the return of these masks, and learn about the remarkable travels of explorer Alphonse Pinart. View stunning images of Unnuyayuk, the Night Traveler, and Chumliiq, the First One, to gain insights into the spiritual beliefs and traditions of the Alutiiq community.
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Masks as Social History BY THE ALUTIIQ MUSEUM
Video: Coming Home: The Return of the Alutiiq Masks an Earthsongs special documentary: Dmae Lo Roberts (YouTube) https://youtu.be/VEUbSfGlP KM
Alphonse Pinart National Park Service: Photo of Alphonse Pinart: (Societe de Geographie) and the Map: To travel just from Unalaska to Kodiak by air today is a distance of over 600 miles, so one can imagine how mammoth of an undertaking this was in a skin kayak in the open ocean! Map courtesy of Google Earth. Inset photo courtesy of Edwin F. Glenn papers, Archives and Special Collections, Consortium Library, University of Alaska Anchorage. https://www.nps.gov/katm/blogs/explorers-of-katmai- country-alphonse-pinart-1852-1911.htm
UnnuyayukNight Traveler Why is it my helper spirit, why is it you are apprehensive of me? On the seal rocks I will bring you game to be caught. I went through the inside of the universe, my helper, that one made me afraid. I went down where they are motioning. Unnuyayuk, Night Traveler from the Pinart Collection at the Mus e de Boulogne-sur-Mer, France, ca. 1872.
Chumliiq First One My house up there, in the Universe up there you don t know it. Is it behind the sun, is it behind the one up above? (Behind that one up there the suns up there) pik um up there behind. My helper, I am approaching you from up above, I keep trying to come. My helper, that one s lands doesn't need performers. Chumliiq, First One from the Pinart Collection at the Mus e de Boulogne-sur-Mer, France, ca. 1872.
References Press Haakanson, S., Jr. , & Steffian, A. (2009). Giinaquq Like a Face: Sugpiaq Masks of the Kodiak Archipelago . Fairbanks , AK : University of Alaska Coming Home: The Return of the Alutiiq Masks an Earthsongs special documentary: Dmae Lo Roberts (YouTube) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEUbSfGlPKM National Park Service : Photo of Alphonse Pinart: (Societe de Geographie) and the Map: To travel just from Unalaska to Kodiak by air today is a distance of over 600 miles, so one can imagine how mammoth of an undertaking this was in a skin kayak in the open ocean! Map courtesy of Google Earth. Inset photo courtesy of Edwin F. Glenn papers, Archives and Special Collections, Consortium Library, University of Alaska Anchorage. https://www.nps.gov/katm/blogs/explorers-of-katmai-country-alphonse-pinart- 1852-1911.htm Chumliiq-First One: Chumliiq, First One from the Pinart Collection at the Mus e de Boulogne-sur-Mer, France, ca. 1872. Unnuyayuk- Night Traveler: Unnuyayuk, Night Traveler from the Pinart Collection at the Mus e de Boulogne-sur-Mer, France, ca. 1872.
