Model of bladder festival, ivory and wood
Alaska, Kuskokwim-Yukon (att.), Eskimo
2-4573
Although made for sale to outsiders, this model vividly recreates the annual thanksgiving festival held in December. In the men's social house, the hunters sing and drum in order to please the spirits of the sea mammals killed during the previous year. Hanging from the roof are an ivory carving of a bird, and models of two wooden bladders. The master of ceremonies wears a crown with black dots.
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