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Style 1 13

Tlingit (Indigenous Alaskan) Mask — Tlingit (Indigenous Alaskan) Mask
Raimundo de Madrazo, Spanish, 1841–1920 · 1900s, 1870s
Smithsonian

Face — Face
Artist unknown (Teotihuacan) · 300–600 CE
Art Institute of Chicago

mask — mask
1800s, 1900s
Smithsonian

Vessel with Deity Mask — Vessel with Deity Mask
Central Mexico (Las Bocas, Puebla?), Olmec, Formative Period · 1200–900 BCE
Cleveland Museum of Art

Netsuke — Netsuke
1700s, 1790s
Smithsonian

Mask (Bwoom) — Mask (Bwoom)
Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kuba-style carver · mid- to late 1800s
Cleveland Museum of Art

Face Mask — Face Mask
Africa, West Africa, Côte d'Ivoire or Liberia, Dan-style maker · possibly early 1900s
Cleveland Museum of Art

No Mask for the Role of Yorimasa — No Mask for the Role of Yorimasa
1800 - 1850
Rijksmuseum

Mask — Mask
Africa, West Africa, Liberia, Mano-style carver · early 1900s, before 1933–37
Cleveland Museum of Art

Mask — Mask
Native North America, Northwest Coast, Alaska, Tlingit · late 1800s–early 1900s
Cleveland Museum of Art

No Mask for the Role of Yase onna — No Mask for the Role of Yase onna
c. 1600 - in or before 1652
Rijksmuseum

Netsuke — Netsuke
c. 1800 - c. 1900
Rijksmuseum

mask — mask
Sweden
Museum of Ethnography

Style 2 12

mask — mask
Sweden
Museum of Ethnography

mask — mask
Sweden
Museum of Ethnography

mask — mask
Sweden
Museum of Ethnography

mask — mask
Sweden
Museum of Ethnography

mask — mask
Sweden
Museum of Ethnography

mask — mask
Sweden
Museum of Ethnography

mask — mask
Sweden
Museum of Ethnography

mask — mask
Sweden
Museum of Ethnography

mask — mask
Sweden
Museum of Ethnography

mask — mask
Sweden
Museum of Ethnography

mask — mask
Sweden
Museum of Ethnography

mask — mask
Sweden
Museum of Ethnography

Style 3 7

Mask — Mask
Joseph Coyle · 1935/1942
National Gallery of Art

Mask (ndeemba) — Mask (ndeemba)
Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Yaka-style carver · early 1900s
Cleveland Museum of Art

Mask from an Incense Burner Portraying the Old Deity of Fire — Mask from an Incense Burner Portraying the Old Deity of Fire
Teotihuacan · 450–750 CE
Art Institute of Chicago

Helmet Mask — Helmet Mask
Africa, Central Africa, Cameroon, possibly Kom-style maker · early 1900s
Cleveland Museum of Art

Face Mask (Tehe gla) — Face Mask (Tehe gla)
Africa, West Africa, Côte d'Ivoire or Liberia, Wè-style carver · early 1900s
Cleveland Museum of Art

mask — mask
Sweden
Museum of Ethnography

mask — mask
Sweden
Museum of Ethnography

Style 4 6

Mask — Mask
Moche · 100 BCE–500 CE
Art Institute of Chicago

Mask — Mask
Moche · 100 BCE–500 CE
Art Institute of Chicago

Processional Mask of a Bodhisattva — Processional Mask of a Bodhisattva
Japan, Heian period (794–1185) · late 1100s
Cleveland Museum of Art

Miniature Mask — Miniature Mask
Possibly Mixtec · 1300–1400
Art Institute of Chicago

Mask — Mask
Central Mexico, Teotihuacán style, Classic period · 1–550 CE
Cleveland Museum of Art

Mask — Mask
Central Mexico, Teotihuacán, Classic period · 1–550 CE
Cleveland Museum of Art

Named in the museum's description 22

The mask is small, hidden or only part of the story in these works, so they're shown whole.

Tlingit (indigenous Alaskan) Mask — Tlingit (indigenous Alaskan) Mask
Raimundo de Madrazo, Spanish, 1841–1920
Smithsonian

Wooden Mask — Wooden Mask
Margaret Knapp · 1935/1942
National Gallery of Art

mask — mask
Sweden
Museum of Ethnography

Funerary Mask — Funerary Mask
Peru, South Coast, Chincha-Ica Valley area, 13th-16th century · 1200–1500
Cleveland Museum of Art

mask — mask
Sweden
Museum of Ethnography

mask — mask
Sweden
Museum of Ethnography

No Masks for the Role of Yase-otoko — No Masks for the Role of Yase-otoko
1600 - 1672
Rijksmuseum

Mask from a Horse Bridle — Mask from a Horse Bridle
China · Western Zhou dynasty ( 1046–771 BC ), about 9th century BC
Art Institute of Chicago

mask — mask
Sweden
Museum of Ethnography

Tlingit (Indigenous Alaskan) Mask — Tlingit (Indigenous Alaskan) Mask
Raimundo de Madrazo, Spanish, 1841–1920
Smithsonian

Mask — Mask
China · Western Zhou dynasty ( 1046–771 BC ), about 9th century BC
Art Institute of Chicago

mask — mask
Sweden
Museum of Ethnography

Mask — Mask
Central Mexico, Teotihuacán, Classic period · 1–550 CE
Cleveland Museum of Art

Wooden Mask — Wooden Mask
Margaret Knapp · 1935/1942
National Gallery of Art

Mask — Mask
Peru, South Coast, Nasca · 100 BCE–700 CE
Cleveland Museum of Art

Ritual Mask — Ritual Mask
Teotihuacan · 300–750 CE
Art Institute of Chicago

mask — mask
Sweden
Museum of Ethnography

Face mask — Face mask
Bembe artist · 1840s, 1850s
Smithsonian

Netsuke in the Shape of a No-Mask — Netsuke in the Shape of a No-Mask
c. 1800 - c. 1900
Rijksmuseum

Mask — Mask
c. -1100 - c. -0800
Rijksmuseum

mask — mask
Sweden
Museum of Ethnography

mask — mask
Sweden
Museum of Ethnography