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Mask

Refers to coverings for all or part of the face, usually with openings for the eyes and sometimes the mouth.

Basics Works of Art Curated Guides

Basics to get you started

Masquerade basics

Olmec masks and masquerade, an introduction

Works of Art

Painted mask (tapuanu), Caroline Islands

19th century

Benin ivory mask (Edo peoples)

16th century

The Sutton Hoo helmet

early 7th century

Serpent mask of Quetzalcoatl or Tlaloc

15th–16th century

Mosaic mask of Tezcatlipoca

c. 15th–early 16th century

Malagan at the British Museum

1882–83

Helmet Mask

19th–20th century

Headdress: Female Bust (D’mba)

19th–20th century

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