Native Alaska

Finely Coiled Lidded grass basket Eskimo Hopper Bay, Alaska Beach grass and dyed beach grass 1960s 7 inches Height x 4 inches in Diameter This is a vintage Eskimo basket from...

Totem poles are intricately carved and painted sculptures with designs holding spiritual significance for particular families, clans, or tribes. Some were created to offer protection...

From a collection of Inuit and Native American artifacts. Reportedly purchased directly from an Inuit village some decades ago.

As more outsiders settled in Alaska at the turn of the century, masks were made by the Yup'ik people to sell or trade for necessary goods.

A beautiful, somewhat strange and grotesque mask by the Yup'ik (Yupik) aboriginal, indigenous people of South-Western & South Central Alaska. The Yup'ik people, who are related to th...

A strangely beautiful mask by the Yup'ik (Yupik) aboriginal, indigenous people of South-Western & South Central Alaska. The Yup'ik people, who are related to the Inuit peoples, have ...

A fantastic mask by the Yup'ik (Yupik) aboriginal, indigenous people of South-Western & South Central Alaska. The Yup'ik people, who are related to the Inuit peoples, have a long his...

A truly fascinating mask by the Yup'ik (Yupik) aboriginal, indigenous people of South-Western & South Central Alaska. The Yup'ik people, who are related to the Inuit peoples, have a ...

Yup’ik Eskimo masks are possibly the highest form of expression of Native American Art and profoundly influenced the Surrealist artists who had escaped Paris in the Second World War ...

This beautiful figurine, graced with gorgeous simplicity and haunting serenity, is of a class of amulet collectively known as iinrut. Such amulets, which were carved and kept to prot...

A beautiful and refined archer's wrist guard embellished with delicately incised designs. The color of the bone from which this piece was carved has deepened over time to a rich, war...

Young girls in Alaska, like girls in countless cultures the world over, played with dolls. Yup'ik girls usually owned a number of dolls made for them by her fathers, commonly in sets...

Yup’ik Eskimo masks are possibly the highest form of expression of Native American Art and profoundly influenced the Surrealist artists who had escaped Paris in the Second World War ...

This whale amulet would have been carried in its owner's hunting bag. A simple yet complete image, this figurine expresses such an economy of detail and yet leaves nothing out. The w...

19th Century Kwakiutl Clan Totem Pole from Alert Bay, Alaska circa 1870. This famous Totem Pole is pictured in many historic photographs and postcards in front of the Nugget Shop in ...

Totem poles were employed by native tribes in the Northern Alaska and Canadian areas to tell stories of local animals, families, and history.

A transformation mask—also known as an opening mask—is a type of mask used by indigenous people of the northwest coast of North America and Alaska in ritual dances. Northwest coast p...

A wonderfully hand-painted and decorated Native American Hopi Kachina Katsina doll. We believe this was a child's cradle first Kachina doll. It is hand carved from light wood (likel...

A fine example attributed to master Nuu-chah-nulth carver Ray Williams, circa 1960s. Ray Williams was the son of famed carver Sam Williams who started carving for the Ye Olde Curiosi...

Intriguing good looking mask artistically made of combination of hand crafted beads ,shells , and hand painted wood. To make such a exceptional object of art for display. Custom-mad...

A hand-carved partially painted (natural pigments) Lega/kwele/bakwele mask. Artisan made in Congo circa 1960-80 and brought back to Denmark by a Danish traveller. It is executed in u...

A vintage theater mask from Bali, Indonesia, circa 1975-1980. Polychromed hand-carved teak, mounted on a black metal stand. This type of mask is used at Indonesian Topeng or Mas...

Vintage Southwest Native American Figural Woven Reed Basket 20thC Measures- 4.75"H x 6"W x 6"D

Totem poles are among the most recognisable artistic expressions of the Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast, including communities across present-day Alaska and British...

This exceptional antique lidded basket, created by a Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth) artist of the Northwest Coast circa 1900, is a rare and highly collectible example of Indigenous basketry...