Yupik Eskimo Element Mask from Hooper Bay Area, Alaska,  circa 1920-1930's.   The face, carved and painted red and black, sits on an ivory colored polychrome painted seal effigy.  The seal has a painted element in his mouth which likely depict his whiskers, and is surrounded by a wooden hoop with the original hand and seal fin elements.   Four suspension holes on the reverse have evidence of hide lashings for wearing & dancing.   This rare masterpiece of early Yupik Eskimo art would have been ceremonially danced  and shows indiginous wear.  See "The Living Tradition fo Yup'ik masks" by Ann Fienup-Riordan for similar examples.  Measures 19" height x 14" width x 5" depth.