arctic art sales - galleries - Inuit art from Greenland VII
 
When you put on a mask, you identity changes and suddenly you are free to step out of your usual role and behave like another being or person. Just think of the two masks symbolizing theater. The mask is a means of concealing your true identity from your neighbours or spirits and other higher powers. The mask is know in all cultures and used in many con-
texts - in cults or in more earthbound context as pure entertainment.  more ....
 
Mask from Greenland Dancing Mask by Jensigne Geisler, Nuuk. Driftwood w/ musk ox hair. # MA-JG-005

21 cm x 10 cm
8 1/2" x  4" without the hair

CAN$ 335.00
approx. US$ 255.00

Dancing Mask by Jensigne Geisler, Nuuk. Driftwood w/ musk ox hair. # MA-JG-002

18 cm x W 7.5 cm
7" x 3"  without the hair

CAN$ 325.00, 
approx. US$ 247.50

Masks from Greenland
     
 
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