The most famous mask of the Songye tribe is the Kifwebe Mask. It has a face covered in linear incisions, a protruding mouth and a linear nose set between globular eyes. A dancer would wear this mask during initiation, and his body would be covered in straw. Mask is carved from wood. (via Songye Mask - Art About Africa)
A bee hive shaped into a Devil mask. Straw overlaid with clay and painted, glass eyes. 19th century from Prievidza, Central Slovakia. Scanned from Magic Symbols of the world, Pearl Binder (1972). (via objects « MAFIA-HUNT)
Maru Raksha mask Sri Lanka. Early 20th century Wood, carved and painted. Height 108 cm. lnv. No.4486 II Received in 1965 from the Museum of Toys, Zagorsk. First publication. Masks appeared in Sri Lanka marty centuries ago, first as accessories to religious rites and then as attributes of folk games and dances. Mask-making is a hereditary craft; there are families in which this craft has been practised for several centuries. On both sides of the central figure, representing the demon of death Maru Raksha, there are compositions of 18 Sanni masks (9 on each side); these are images of demons inflicting various diseases. For example, Kora Sanni (the mask with a distorted face) personifies a paralitic; Biri Sanni, a deaf person (one part of his face is screened by a cobra, a symbol of deafness), etc. (via The Museum of Oriental Art Moscow (-))
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Papier mache mask - face painted white with polychrome design ; Peabody Number 61-48-60/11802
Malanggan mask
Serpent mask
Artist: Deliskie Climbing Bear
I don’t remember seeing this there!
If anybody was wondering this image is from the book ‘Masks, face coverings and headgear’ by Norman Laliberté and Alex Mogelon.
Perchta: “Masked figures from the “Wilde Jagd” Christmas folklore festivity in Salzburg, Austria. These festivities originate through the Perchtenlaufen custom, a period when the fearsome witch Perchta, who envies happily married couples, roams the villages. Processions of horribly masked figures armed with sticks and clubs meet throughout the festivity to chase the witch away.”
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