‘Courtesans painted in blue’, woodblock print by Utagawa Kunisada, Japan, 1831
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The fresco commonly known as “The Tarocchi Players” from the Casa Borromeo, in Milan, probably painted in the 1440s
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Angkor Wat, Cambodia (between 1918 and 1921) - Dancers posing against the backdrop of Apsaras
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Nineteenth century Sri Lankan / Sinhalese Tamil theatre troupe (about 1890)
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Climbing The Great Pyramid, 1870s-1880s
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LIKUKULENGUE. Mask and costume from the Chokwe of Zambia. Photo by Francois d’Elbee
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Linda Butler, Rural Japan, Noh and Kyogen Theatre Masks, Yamagata-ken
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The Whittlesea Straw Bear, Whittlesea, Cambridgeshire (traditional British folk figure). Photo by James Pearson-Howes
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Nick Cave's Soundsuits
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Tiki figure made from human bone, New Zealand, mid 19th century
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Alfred Jarry’s Pere Ubu. Stefan Themerson wearing a mask by Franciska Themerson, in a production from 1951
Beautiful!

