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Description:	Ned Bear's hand-carved wood masks are well known in Canada and beyond. His reputation has been as an established mask-carver for the past 20 years. Conceptualizing a traditional Plains Cree belief of the "Pawakon" (Spirit-helper), in a personal and sublime visual interpretations, is growing internationally notoriety. He presently resides within the city of Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada.
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Added on:	17-Apr-2007
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Description:	Specializing in Custom Leather & Neoprene Theatre Masks for Commedia dell?Arte, Pro-Wrestling, Opera, Dance, Clowns, Fashion, Custom made masks, Clown Noses, specializes in molding leather, odd projects & Judaica and teaching workshops. Clients include, Big Apple Circus, Patch Adams, WWF, WWE ?Mankind?, Phantom of the Opera.
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Added on:	16-Oct-2006
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Description:	Venezian masks from a croatian artist, and buso masks from the old traditional hungarian mask-makers.
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Added on:	20-Apr-2006
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Description:	Article by Marilyn Davis, ed, published fall 2003 in the research magazine - PERSPECTIVES - at Southern Illinois University. Article portraying associate professor of theater at SIUC Ron Naversen`s passion for masks.Especially the mask carving tradition of Bali.
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Added on:	31-Oct-2003
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Description:	scroll down page a bit to read chapter
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Added on:	21-Apr-2003
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Description:	Masks have existed in Mexico for at least three thousand years. Pre-Hispanic uses of the masks fused with Spanish ways to form the cultures we see now. Both parts of history have left a trace on the masks, as well as on the dances that accompany them
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Added on:	11-Feb-2003
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Description:	The Return of the Goddess through Ritual and the Art of the Mask by Lauren Raine
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Added on:	11-Feb-2003
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Description:	CBC Radio \| Ideas \| Features \| Puppet Uprising
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Added on:	01-Jan-2003
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Description:	vMembers of the Poro society wear this mask at funeral celebrations for deceased society members, whose Poro membership becomes known only at this time..........."
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Added on:	20-Nov-2002
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Description:	.....The mask's rich decoration of cowrie shells, beads, and leopard skin indicates its royal status. White fur, missing on this mask, is attached below the chin of the mask to signify the wisdom that rulers gain from experience. The mask is part of a full body costume, made of blue and white colored beads (blue signfies high rank, white signifies purity), cowrie shells, leopard skins, and feathers of eagles and parrots to display the king's unique wealth and status. The king's dance is slow and stately, as befits a man full of gravity and wisdom. When kings died, the mask was placed on a royal effigy to represent him, and kings where often buried with the mask. ....
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Added on:	20-Nov-2002
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