Bryon L Amos " Face Mask Design"

This Facial Mask Design first originated through my ancestorial mask design in which were first produced for the annual festive gathering during the ancient times of Nunivak Island Folklore. These masks were designed and made from white spruce wood, and the pieces around the mask representing the hands and the feet of the human, images of seals, and sea birds were also made in the influence of what they were going to represent during the dancing festivals. The inner wood ring always represented the earth in which mankind has sojourned, and the outer wood ring presenting the universe in which was known as the great creator in which mankind was created, not of man, but a creation in which was given a breath to live. The parts around the facial mask were also made presenting the Sea Cormorant, a bird that was also placed on dancing head regalia, masks and sea kayaks as a decorative sea bird they believed were given a special influence in the direction of where the hunting within the ocean