Neolithic spirit masks from Nahal Hemar, 7,000 B.C.E
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Aegis of Egyptian goddess Bastet. ca. 9th–8th cent B.C.
Mesopotamia, Nimrud, Ivory
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Stone mask from pre-ceramic neolithic period dates to 7000 BCE and probably the oldest mask in the world.
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Brassaï, Untitled (Face by Pablo Picasso), 1946
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Gabriel Orozco, Untitled, 2013
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Max Pam, Balancing rock, Mahabalipuram, India, 1972
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Electron micrograph of fully melted micrometeorites
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Stone Salagrama, Narmada Valley, India
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Constantin Brâncuși, Tête (ébauche)
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Sarcophagus mask, Egypt, 2nd century CE.
Face of a young woman.
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Gutzon Borglum, Repairing the Face of Abraham Lincoln, Mount Rushmore, June 1962
