ocr: YUPIK MASK ANCE PLAYED A VERY IMPORTANT part in the life of the Daativer peoples of Alaska, both on ceremonial occasions and for everyday amusement. Masks were often worn by the participants to enact a mythological story or to allow the dancer to take on the character of the image represented. This stylized raven mask, dating from the 1800s, was made and worn by the Yupik people of the Lower Yukon River area in southwestern Alaska. The raven was believed to be a representative of the creator god, who came from the primeval darkness to teach humans how to survive. The killing of a raven was tho ...
