Product Overview
The mask made of walrus ivory with feathers, attached to a stand made of whale bone using baleen rods, crafted by a Native Alaskan artist. The ivory's unique texture and feathers symbolize a deep connection to nature and spirits, reflecting the region's indigenous traditions. Signed by the artist - Tom Tiluana of King Island Inupiaq.
Tom Tiulana was born September 2nd, 1952 in Nome, AK and, like most King Islanders, maintains a strong cultural identity with his native island. Tiulana comes from a talented family of artists including his father Paul who taught him to carve. Tiulana specializes in spirit masks set on a base. In his representations of various elemental spirits, like wind, to animal spirits, such as seal and walrus, Tiulana draws from the deep spiritual roots of the King Islanders’ traditional shamanistic religion in which man, animal and earth were all connected.
5 inches in height, 9 inches in width
