Introducing
Your new presentation assistant.
Refine, enhance, and tailor your content, source relevant images, and edit visuals quicker than ever before.
Trending searches
1
Iriquios
North America
Many cultural masks are created by the native people. Here are just a few.
North America
Tlingit
Huichol
Iroquois Tribe
The Iriquios Tribe used mask in cerimonies and they believed the wearer of the mask had the spirit of the Great False Face.
Tlingit Tribe
These maks were created to represent the spirits and ancestors
Huichol Tribe
The Huichol people of Mexico have a tradition of making cerimonial masks that represent spirtits.
South America
Inca
South American masks are used to express culture.
South America
Aztec
Inca Masks
They used masks in cerimonies to worship their gods.
Aztec Masks
Most Aztec masks were made for display
and not to be worn this is wht some masks have no eye holes or are made of stone.
Europe
Venetian Carnival
Masks
Europe
Some European masks are colorful and made to be worn where others are old and for show.
Greek and Roman
Masks
Venetian Carnival Masks
Venetian Carvinal Masks celbrate the carnevale. They thaught that wearing a mask let them escape there identity.
Greek and Roman Masks
They made "daeth mask" wich covered the person face after they died. Usually by molding metal or plaster.
Africa
Africa
Many African masks were used to preform rituals and they were very important to the African culture.
Egyption Masks
They were created and put on peoples mummified bodies they believed the mask would guide then through the afterlife.
Egyption
Masks
Dogon Masks
These masks were made for rituals to bring good harvest.
Dogon
Masks
Antartica
There are no cultural examples of masks from this continent because it is to cold and does not have land masses close enough for the seasonal migration of people.
Middle East
Asia
Asia
Asian masks are used in theatre. They are also used for tribal reasons.
Nepal Masks
Nepal
Masks
Nepal masks are tribal masks they were used for rituals.
Hahoe
Hahoe masks were used in Korean theatre. The wearer would move the head in different ways to show emotion.
Hahoe Masks
Kabuki Masks
Kabuki masks were used in Japanese theatre.
Kabuki
Masks
Sri Lanka Masks
Sri Lanka masks were believed to held heal the sick.
Sri Lanka Masks
Australia
Masks in Australia are used for rituals andto honr ancestors.
Australia
Abelam Masks
Adelam
Masks
Abelam masks are used in cerimonies and rituals they often rpresented the spirtit of there ancenstors.
Maori Masks
Maori masks are used to honor their ancenstors the masks are made out of carved wood.