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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Taupou, post: 216573, member: 45&quot;]The first mask is an Anaktuvuk skin mask, from the Anaktuvuk Pass,</p><p>Alaska.&nbsp; They are not Inuit. The people of Anaktuvuk Pass are Nunamiut Inupiaq, not Inuit.</p><p><br /></p><p>These masks can be called &quot;Eskimo&quot; or, more specifically &quot;Nunamiut&quot; or &quot;Inupiaq,&quot; but not &quot;Inuit&quot; since that is a completely different culture.</p><p><br /></p><p>Unlike the Inuit, the Nunamiut have had no history of mask making until fairly recently, and the masks they make are made only for the tourist and souvenir market.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anaktuvuk skin masks were not made before 1956. The history of the mask making tradition in Anaktuvuk is thoroughly documented, from the name of the first person to make a mask (for a Halloween prank) to the effect it has had on the local economy.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you want to confirm this, Indian Arts Magazine has written articles on the mask, books are available, and numerous articles in scholarly journals have been published.</p><p><br /></p><p>The whalebone mask is also a form made only for the tourist market, and first appeared in the 1950s.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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