Tundra Times Volume 6, Number 164 (February 28, 1969) Page 1 [view articles] Page 2 [view articles] Page 3 [view articles] Page 4 [view articles] [masthead] [news] Point Hope Masks-as in Many other Villages,Point Hope People Make Masks but the Material is Quite Different from some of Those in other Localities, Point Hopers Use Whale Bones, Usually, That Had Been Buried Underground for Many Years and Colored Brown, Gray Yellow. the Bones Are Put out in the Weather to Dry Thoroughly. the Men Carve Them into Happy Faces as Well as Fierce or Incredulous. the Masks Are Usually Carved by the Men Although some Women Have Made Them. Eyes of Fresh Bone or Ivory Are Inserted. the Iris is Usually Made from Black Baline of Bowhead Whales the Village Hunts Each Spring. the Masks in the Pictures Are Made from Vertebrae. the Men Also Carve Ivory Items and Few of the Men Make Baline Baskets Which Are Always on Demand [news] Sec. Hickel Announces Indian Police Training [news] Stevens Says More Land Needed [news] Freighting Race [advertisement] Page 5 [view articles] Page 6 [view articles] Page 7 [view articles] Page 8 [view articles]