Lee Miller, 'David E. Scherman dressed for war’ London, 1942
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Priest wearing the mask of Anubis; fresco, Temple of Isis, Pompeii, Villa dei Misteri ~ Second or First century BCE
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Léon Spilliaert, The Tired Mask, 1919. Watercolor and gouache on paper, 46.2 x 35.3 cm.
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A woman wearing a gas mask during a Los Angeles smog alert, June 1979
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Motorcycle messenger in a gas mask, making deliveries during smog attack, Los Angeles, 1955
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Woman wearing traditional face mask in Muscat, Oman, 1919
by Frederick Simpich Sr./National Geographic Society
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Aegidii Albertini Hirnschleiffer, Fuchs mit der Mascara (Fox with Mask), Münich, 1645.
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James Ensor, Self Portrait with Masks, 1899
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Felix Nussbaum, Self-portrait with Mask, 1928
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Hiroshi Watanabe (born 1951) - 渡邉 博史 Shunkan (verso), from the Noh Masks of Naito Clan series
Replying to
Mask of Three-Eyed Demon
(三目小僧の面), Yamaji Naoharu
Japan, late 19th century
2 5/8 x 1 1/2 x 1 in
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Frida Kahlo, Girl with Death Mask, 1938
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Paul Klee, Mask of Fear, 1932
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Roman glass plaque with actor's mask, Egypt, ca. 25 B.C.E.-75 C.E.
2.8 cm by 2.4 cm.
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Mask, Perú, North Coast, Chan-Chan, Chimú Culture, ca. 1100-1500 C.E.
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Max Ernst, Masks (Masques), Lithograph (trial proof), 1950
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Owl Mask, Nisga’a (Niska) British Columbia, ca.1850-1880
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Scold's bridle, Belgium, 1550-1775
A scold was defined as a “rude, clamorous woman”. The bridle was a punishment for women who spent too much time gossiping or quarreling. The custom developed in Britain in the 1500s, spreading to other European countries.
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Karel Appel, Phantom with Mask, 1952
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André Breton - African Mask, 1948
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Body Mask, Asmat People, South West New Guinea, mid 20th c, Fiber, sago palm leaves, wood, paint
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Mayan Figure with bird mask, ca. 550–900 CE. Mexico, Chiapas, Palenque. Ceramic figure 17 x 8.3 cm, throne 6.6 x 18.6 cm
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Yup'ik South Wind or Complex Mask, from the village of Napaskiak, Kuskokwim River region, Alaska, 1890–1905
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Polychromed Zo'Onna Noh Masks. Japan. 17th century
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Likukulengue. Mask and costume from the Chokwe of Zambia. Photo by Francois d’Elbee
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Bamileke. Kuosi Society Elephant Mask, Cameroon, 20th century. Cloth, beads, raffia, fiber. (146.7 x 52.1 x 29.2 cm)
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Odilon Redon, A Mask Sounds the Death Knell, (for Edgar Allan Poe), 1882
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Female Face Mask (Mwana Pwo)
Late 19th/early 20th century
Chokwe
Angola or Democratic Republic of the Congo Central Africa
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Egyptian Funerary Mask, 18th Dynasty
1400-1300 BCE
encrusted wood
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Francis Picabia, Woman in Mask, n.d.
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Nepalese ritual mask formed from a large single Lingzhi fungus (ganoderma lucidum), 19th century.
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Sarcophagus mask, Egypt, 2nd century CE.
Face of a young woman.
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Death mask, Peru, northern coastal region, 2nd - 6th century CE. Silver with gold, turquoise, pyrite and muslin,
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Dog with Human Mask
Mexico, Colima, ca. 200 B.C.E. - 500 C.E.
Slip-painted ceramic
8 1/2 x 15 1/2 x 7 in
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Neolithic ‘spirit’ mask, 9,000 years ago
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Stone mask from pre-ceramic neolithic period dates to 7000 BCE and possibly the oldest mask in the world
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Gillian Wearing, Between Mask and Mirror, 2017
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Leonor Fini, The Mask of the Red Death, 1987
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This thread could go on and on, but let's end with my favorites:
Ónyé ọ́chá mask, Igbo masquerade parody of a white man. Nigeria, 1930s, photograph by G. I. Jones
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And:
Ónyé ọ́chá mask, Amagu Izzi, Igbo, Nigeria, caricature of a white colonial administrator
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