yup'ik hands
sweet surprise like a late birthday present, my firing was done yesterday–1 large mask, 3 small masks, and 3 tiny pieces for a secret santa exchange at work. I am in the process today of applying pigment to the larger of them and wrapping and hanging feathers from each finger of its two hands. some say the common yup'ik mask motif of human hands with a hole in the palm and truncated or absent thumbs represents a passageway in the sky through which animals enter the earth and
