Masque yup’ik. Alaska, bois – Sitka, Alaska, États-Unis – Alaska State Museum, n° inv. II-A1-1511. Présenté lors de l’exposition La Fabrique des images au musée du quai Branly (16 février 2010 – 17 juillet 2011). Photo source: ©© Myrabella
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A recently discovered 500-year-old Alaskan settlement is rapidly disappearing into the Bering Sea. The exquisitely preserved frozen site provides a spectacular insight into the Yup’ik Eskimo culture…
Yupik Eskimos, Mother and Child. This image came from The North American Indian by Edward S. Curtis. These images were published between 1907 and 1930. Photo source: Edward Curtis, Library of Congress
