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Ugguguak kegginaquk
Ugguk masks collected by Sheldon Jackson at Cape Vancouver. The crescent-shaped eyes and spots on a red background may represent the moon and stars. IIH1, IIH2 SJM

"Waten kegginaqut ayuqellriit Caniliani Uggugnek pilarait. Yurartelluki tangkellruanka makut. Yuralriik taukuk mecgaqamek, kepenqum qainganun; tut'aqamek qalrianaurtuk ugguglutek, 'Uggu, uggu.' Tuatellutek qankek tamaa-i uivtanqegtuk. Uggugnek atengqertuk taukuk. Qereqaallermek ilangqerrsaaquk taukuk tayima tauna ellilrunritliniat. Qimugtekluukuk-gguq taun' qereqaaller. Malirqaralukek taum. Ukuk tukaralutek qalrialutek-llu piaqlutek."

"Masks that resembled these two masks were called Uqquk in Caniliaq. I saw a pair like this in a dance. When the two masked dancers jumped up, they would cry out,"Uggu, uggu." That's why their mouths are round. Those two are called Ugguk masks.

"A raven mask accompanied them in a dance, but they apparently decided not to include it in this exhibit. The raven was their dog. The raven ran after them in the dance presentation. These two ran away from the raven kicking their legs and crying."

— Willie Kamkoff, Kotlik, January 1996

Based on the exhibit curated by Ann Fienup-Riordan

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