Mask Research

Choose Your Mask Here:

http://worldimages.sjsu.edu/gallery/masks/Imagesfram.html

http://www.native-languages.org/masks.htm

http://masksoftheworld.com/

http://www.mexican-folk-art-guide.com/Mexican-masks.html

http://www.coastalarts.net/site/welcome/masks.html

Sites for Research

Pacific Northwest Coast / British Columbia

Haida & Tlingit people

http://www.meadowbrookfarmpreserve.org/downloads/ebook-nwcoast.pdf -

Info on bear, salmon, whale etc

https://nsew.carnegiemnh.org/tlingit-people-of-the-northwest-coast/transformations-bear-raven-and-humans/

http://www.indians.org/articles/tlingit-masks.html

http://www.northwesttribalart.com/symbols.html

http://firstpeoplesofcanada.com/fp_groups/fp_nwc5.html

http://www.akhistorycourse.org/articles/article.php?artID=149

Kwakwaka'wakw people

http://www.native-dance.ca/index.php/Kwakwaka%27wakw/Traditional_Dances?tp=z

https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/art-americas/native-north-america/native-american-northwest-coast/a/transformation-masks

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwakwaka%27wakw_art

http://www.native-languages.org/legends-eagle.htm

http://www.umista.org/exhibits/collection.php?item=224&all=&pg=4

Shaman Mask:

http://www.shamanicjourney.com/bear-power-animal-symbol-of-strength-introspection-knowledge-dreamtime-and-transformation

Mexico

Carnival:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnival_in_Mexico

Huichol people

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huichol_art

https://www.inside-mexico.com/the-culture-of-the-sun-by-oscar-guzman/

http://www.mexconnect.com/articles/3441-huichol-art-a-matter-of-survival-iv-an-art-in-evolution

Puerto Rico / Ponce and Loiza

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vejigante

Bolivia

Devil mask:

https://www.bolivianlife.com/carnival-in-oruro/

Dominican Republic/ Santiago

http://www.dominicanmasks.com/

Venezuela

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dancing_Devils_of_Yare

India / Bhutan

Tshechu is a religious festival meaning "tenth day" - See more at:

http://www.tourism.gov.bt/activities/festivals#sthash.rKkeDSeQ.dpuf

http://www.tourism.gov.bt/activities/festivals

Sri Lanka / Ambalangoda

http://fernandopriyanga.blogspot.com/2010/09/vesmuhunu-devil-masks-of-sri-lanka.html

http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2020/11/15/montage/masks-and-dance-forms-south-and-south-east-asia

Malaysia / Java

Dance & Performances:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topeng

New Guinea / Blackwater Lake region

Ancestral Mask:

http://www.art-pacific.com/artifacts/nuguinea/sepikriv/blkwater/blkwater.htm

Papua New Guinea in the Lower Ramu River Madang province:

http://www.art-pacific.com/artifacts/nuguinea/ramu/riverlow.htm

Angriman Village, Middle Sepik:

http://www.art-pacific.com/artifacts/nuguinea/maskspko.htm

Tribal art

http://www.jungleoutpost.com/culture-geography/

http://www.lostworldarts.com/new_page_2.htm