finger mask

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   An ornament worn looped over the fingers during ceremonial dancing by various indigenous…

   An ornament worn looped over the fingers during ceremonial dancing by various indigenous people of Alaska.

   • She returned the finger mask to the Koniag dancer and held both hands out, palms up and eagle feather lying across them.
   • Inuit women traditionally adorned themselves with finger masks during special ceremonies. My mother recently decided to try to make herself a finger mask.
   • The smallest piece in the show, an Eskimo finger mask only a few centimeters high, was displayed next to a Dogon mask over five meters tall.

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