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
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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Ónyé ọ́chá mask, Amagu Izzi, Igbo, Nigeria, caricature of a white colonial administrator
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And It's time to bring her fabulousness out again:
Joseph Desire Court, the mask (1837)
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Otto Dix
Shock Troops Advance under Gas (Sturmtruppe geht unter Gas vor) from The War (Der Krieg)
1924
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Yuichi Kikuchi
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Felice Boscarati (1721 - 1807), La Moretta
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Emil Nolde, Mask Still Life III, 1911
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Ensor, The Puzzled Masks, 1930
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Francisco Goya, Nobody knows himself, 1799
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Plague Doctor, Austrian 17th-18th C.
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Mystery Nurse
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Henri Gervex (1852-1929), Le Bal de l'Opera, 1886
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Aubrey Beardsley, Cover Design for ‘The Yellow Book’ Vol.I, 1894
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Édouard Manet, Masked Ball at the Opera, 1873
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John Graham (American, born Ukraine, 1886–1961), Mascara, 1950. Oil on canvas, 23-7/8 x 19-5/8
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Salomon Huerta, Untitled (Pink Mask)
2007 | Oil on canvas | 62 x 48
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Pietro Longhi, Clara, the Rhinoceros in Venice, 1751
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Philip Guston, The Studio, 1969
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Shanequa Gay, A Ditty (from series The Devouts), 2018
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Charles-Antoine Coypel - Young Girl Holding a Mask, 1745
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