Masks From Around the World

Masks From North

America

Masks from the False Face Society of the Iroquois(Haudenosaunee) Indians. This asymmetrical mask was made from a carving the design into a tree.

Kwakiutl Masks – Vancouver Island,

CanadaMexican Tastoanes maskSanta Cruz de las Huerta,

Jalisco, Mexico

Hopi bird maskNorthern Arizona, USA

Haitian Tiger maskCarnival, Haiti

Diablo MaskGuatemala

Masks from South America

Huaco maskLatacunga, EcuadorMoreno mask

Morenada dance,

La Paz, Bolivia

White Man maskWichi people,

Northern Argentina

Wool maskPeru

Brazilian Parrot maskCarnival, Brazil, South America

Pig maskCentral

Amazon, Brazil

Rabbit maskChiriguanos Indians,

Paraguay

Helmet maskBambara

people, Mali

Dan Gagon maskDan people, Ivory Coast or Liberia, West Africa

Gelede MaskYoruba people,

Nigeria

Kuba MaskKuba people,

Congo

Masks From Africa

Bird maskBobo people, Burkina Fasso

Lovely Lady mask

Mandingo people, Guinea

Akan maskGhana, West Africa

Fipa maskFipa people, Tanzania

Maonan Nuo mask

Huanjiang, Guangxi, SW ChinaMongolian mask

Mongolia

Japanese Kongo Mask Japan

Vietnamese tribal maskCentral Highlands, Vietnam

Masks of Asia

Thai Phi Ta maskDan Sai, Loe,

Thailand

Old monk maskPyolsandae dance, Yangju, South Korea

Puppet headBurma

Masks of theIndian Subcontinent

Demon maskYakun Natima ritual, Sri Lanka

Hindu Festival MaskIndia

Mahakala maskBuddhist ceremonies,

Tibet

Raksha Longo maskBhutan

Kapala turtle shell maskHimalayas

Red Hanuman maskIndia

Masks of Australia & Pacific IslandsPatih Demung mask

Bali, Indonesia

Javanese dance maskJava, Indonesia

Shamans maskIban people, Borneo

Morione maskMarinduque, Philippines

Rare tribal maskMortlock Islands, Micronesia

Malagan MaskNew Ireland, South Pacific

Massim Mask Trobriand

Island, Papa New

Guinea

Australian Aboriginal Mask

Masks of Europe

Krampus maskAustria

Decorative maskBavaria, Germany

Carnival maskValencia, Spain

Roitschaeggaetae maskLoetsch Valley, Wallis Canton,

Switzerland

Venetian Bird maskVenice, Italy

Carnival maskNE Portugal

Decorative Folk maskBulgaria

Buso maskHungary

European Folk maskParau, Romania

Greek TheaterMasks

Traditional Englishmask