Mask Makers Web

The homepage of Anmassalik Museum, Greenland.

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With info about festivals. Also nice photos of masks. The Hammond Museum and Japanese Stroll Garden was founded in 1957 as a not-for-profit center for the humanities. Through programs and events, music and the arts, the Museum seeks to provide links between the East and the West

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Many nice wooden masks

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Welcome to the collection of African tribal art featuring over 1,000 artifacts from 100 ethnic groups. Items on display include wooden and bronze statues, masks, religious, ritual and domestic objects, furniture and weapons. Learn about art, culture and history of each ethnic group.

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An introduction to these historic wooden masks and their use in dramatic performances. Includes photo galleries and a contact address.

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No photos.Text + adress Mummer" comes from the Old French momer, to wear a mask; pantomime. It means a masked or costumed merrymaker, especially at a festival (American Heritage Dictionary, 3rd Edition). Mummery is an old tradition in Philadelphia, and the famous Mummers Parade dates back to pre-Colonial times, resulting from a blend of Swedish, Finnish, Irish, English, German, African-American, and other European heritages. With the Mummers in full swing, New Years is celebrated in Philadelphia as it is nowhere else in the world.

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(In german) History of local carnival customs, masks and costumes, writing and documents.

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(in german) Heimat von 400 lebensgro?en Narrenfiguren aus dem S?dwesten Deutschlands und der Schweiz.

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Bienvenue sur le site du Mus?e international du Carnaval et du Masque ? Binche (Belgique).

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In an evocative exhibition on the first floor of the White House, rhythmic drums and bells lead us into the world of masks and myths, beyond time and space. This is the actor Benkt-?ke Benktsson?s collection of masks, which takes us on a voyage through Africa, Asia, and Europe. IF YOU GO TO www.masks.org and click on MUSEUMS you can find photos from the maskexhibition in Lund.

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Masks of tribes of Brazil ..You can see Photos of Tukano Masks at www. masks.org in the museum section. " Nesta exposi??o s?o apresentados objetos e fotos de grupos ind?genas de diversas regi?es do Brasil (Karaj?, Tuk?no, Kayap?, Xavante, Matipuh?, Harraraib?, Mak?), com destaque para as m?scaras rituais."

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The Museo Nacional de la Mascara in San Luis Potosi has one of the most diverse mask collections in Mexico. (Sorry, no photos - But it is there !!! We must go...)

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old fasnacht masks

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(CLICK: SAMMLUNG::The Rietberg Museum has a large collection of old swiss masks.. One only shown on the site . Have to go there.) Das Rietbergmuseum besitzt eine grosse, qualitativ herausragende Sammlung von Schweizer Masken, die fast ausnahmslos von Baron Eduard von der Heydt in den zwanziger Jahren unseres Jahrhunderts gesammelt worden sind.

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Among the Haida, masks were used mostly by members of the secret societies. Secret society dances frequently used both masks and puppets to represent wild spirits of the woods, which the Haida called gagiid. The Haida also employed masks in potlatch performances to illustrate the spirit beings encountered by their ancestors

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( Online museum ) The masks in the permanent collection of the Museum of Ancient and Modern Art on display in this exhibit have been collected from many tribes in Western and Central Africa including Nigeria, Mali, the Ivory Coast, Zaire, Liberia and Guinea. They are tribal masks acquired over a number of years. Most of them are very old and have been abundantly used.

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Knoxville Museum of Art 1050 World's Fair Park Knoxville, TN

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This exhibition unveiled treasures from the Royal Museum for Central Africa in Tervuren, Belgium. These masks, statues, figurines and carvings from the Tervuren Museum's vast collections ? many of which had never been shown before ? undoubtedly represent some of the highlights of Central African art

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Torb?ckgasse 1, 85110 Kipfenberg, Tel. 08465/3232 u. 669 Ge?ffnet: April-Okt. Mi. 16.00-18.00, So. 14.00-17.00

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GO TO " PAST EXHIBITS " April 1-May 28, 2000 Lakeview Museum celebrated the diversity of the world's cultures with an exhibit of many types of masks from various nations and activities with masking traditions. Ritual, social, sporting, and protective masks as well as photographs of masks within their cultural context explore the many meanings masks have taken.

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Informative and showing wonderful masks....
In the Presence of Spirits is an exhibition of highlights from the African art collection of the Museu Nacional de Etnologia in Lisbon, Portugal. Although the Portuguese National Museum has organized and participated in several exhibitions of African art, no exhibition highlighting their African collection has ever traveled to the United States and very few of the objects in the museum?s collection have ever been on view outside of Europe.

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Alutiiq Museum & Archaeological Repository . To the Alutiit, masks are - agayulq?taq - "something to hold sacred." Carving Traditions explores these spiritual objects. It examines the creation and use of masks in classical Alutiiq society and considers how contemporary carvers are reawakening and reinterpreting this ancestral art.

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The Pitt Rivers Museum has a range of masks from diverse ethnic communities including those in Africa, North America and Papua New Guinea, as well as theatre masks from Japan, Korea, Borneo and Tibet

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This set of processional masks, formerly owned by Toji temple, is one of the oldest in Japan. The present seven, three made of paulownia wood and four of cypress, are considered to be remainders of nineteen masks rescued from the fire of 1000 A.D. that burnt down the treasure hall in Kyo'ogokokuji (the former name for Toji temple).

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From Marcia`s Mexican Wonders

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