Mask of Begtse Chen from Mongolia (20th century), papier-mâché, coral, turquoise, metal, fabric, in ‘Becoming Another: The Power of Masks’ at the Rubin Museum of Art (all photos by the author for ...
Essay on the Chewa nyau masker, spirit medium, and sorcerer, which constitute three parts of a single cosmological system. Whereas masking, spirit possession, and sorcery are usually treated as ...
A rare look into the traditional ways of creating the beautiful masks that have brought such admiration to the Native American carvers of the Pacific Northwest. Each step to carving such a mask is ...