Excellent Web Sites Featuring Masks from Many Countries from Around the World
Another Face: Masks Around the World http://gallery.sjsu.edu/masks/
Masks from Around the World http://www.masksoftheworld.com/
Masks Around the World University of Missouri - Columbia http://anthromuseum.missouri.edu/minigalleries/worldmasks/intro.shtml
Masks NOVICA http://www.novica.com/category/index.cfm?c=34&l=3
World Mask Gallery http://www.mask.org/
Changing Face: Masks from the British Museum http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/online_tours/museum_and_exhibition/changing_face_masks/changing_face_masks.aspx
Masks from the Collection of Ken Suslick http://www.scs.uiuc.edu/suslick/kssmasks.html
Smithsonian Folklife Festival: The Silk Road [shows how the masks are worn during dances]http://kestan.com/travel/dc/smithson/folklife/index.htm
The Art of the African Mask. Bayly Art Museum. University of Virginia http://cti.itc.virginia.edu/~bcr/African_Mask.html
Cameroon Masks. UNESCO http://www.unesco.org/webworld/ram/57.HTM
The Primitive Face: Masks of Africa. Museum of Ancient and Modern Art http://www.mama.org/masks/
In the Presence of Spirits African Art from the National Museum of Ethnology, Lisbon http://www.nmafa.si.edu/exhibits/spirits/index.htm
Masks and Heads Hamill Gallery of African Art http://www.hamillgallery.com/SITE/MasksandHeads.html
African Face Mask. [10 Black and White Drawings] African Studies Association. University of Pennsylvania. http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/Face_Masks/menu_Face_Mask.html
African Art Museum http://www.zyama.com/
African Masks http://www.artyfactory.com/africanmasks/
Masks Art of Metalworking in Africa http://www3.museumofmaking.org/dbtw-wpd/exec/dbtwpub.dll?AC=MENU_QUERY&XC=/dbtw-wpd/exec/dbtwpub.dll&BU=http%3A//www3.museumofmaking.org/dbtw-wpd/machine.htm&TN=AFRICAN_ART&SN=Masks&RF=Web+%3E%3E+thumbs&EF=&DF=Web+%3E%3E+Full+Display&MR=20&RL=0&EL=1&DL=0&NP=3
Himalayan Masks
Sculpture: Masks of the Himalayas http://www.himalayan-mercantile.com/masks/
Masks Himalyan Mercantile http://www.himalayan-mercantile.com/masks/
Noh Mask [Japanese theater masks] http://www.pasar5.com/NOH_MASK/mlist.html
Noh Mask [includes a section on how Noh masks are made] http://www.nohmask21.com/eu/index.html
The Noh Mask Effect: A Facial Expression Illusion http://kasrl.org/noh_mask.html
Greenlandic Masks. Greenland Guide http://www.greenland-guide.dk/masks/the-masks.htm
Face of Spirits East Greenland http://www.eastgreenland.com/database.asp?lang=eng&num=204
Face Music - Project - Tsam Dance Mongolia http://www.face-music.ch/tsam/tsammask_en.html
Yup Ik Masks. Arctic Studies Center. Smithsonian Institution http://www.mnh.si.edu/arctic/features/yupik/
Potlatch Collection. U'Mista Cultural Center, British Columbia http://www.umista.org/collections/collection.php
Northwest Coast Native American Masks http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/course/60-105/finals/Cumming_M/'cumming_m.html
Yaqui and Mayo Indian Easter Ceremonies http://www.rimjournal.com/arizyson/easter.htm
Vejigante Masks. El Coqui Galleries http://www.elcoquigifts.com/specialvejigante.asp
Masks of Puerto Rico http://home.coqui.net/chilean/
Carnival Masks [Puerto Rico] http://americanhistory.si.edu/vidal/about/?id=5
Carnival Masks of the Dominican Republic by Ivan Erickson http://www.dominicanmasks.com/
The Mask Monger http://www.mexicanmasks.us/
Ceremonial Masks of Java and Bali, Indonesia. Art-Pacific Guide to Artifacts http://www.art-pacific.com/artifacts/indonesi/masksjbc.htm
Javanese Mask Collection.. Field Museum http://www.fieldmuseum.org/exhibits/exhibit_sites/javamask/Icons1.htm
The Masks of Commedia dell'Arte http://www.maskmaker.dk/eng/commediadellarte.htm
Commedia Masks Masks by Alyssa Ravenwood: Wearable Art for Performance and Masquerade http://www.ravenwoodmasks.com/theater-masks/commedia-masks.htm
A Thumbnail History of Commedia dell'Arte by David Claudon http://www.davidclaudon.com/arte/commedia.html
Malagan Masks http://homepages.ius.edu/AEALLEN/masks.htm
Malagan Mask Hastings Museum http://www.hmag.org.uk/featuredobject/malagan_mask.aspx
Yam Masks http://www.indigoarts.com/gallery_newguinea_mask1.html
Tribal Art of Papua New Guinea http://www.lostworldarts.com/new_page_2.htm
Melanesia, 1900 A.D. - Present Timeline Metropolitan Museum of Art http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ht/11/ocm/ht11ocm.htm
Updated 10 April 2008 L. Averill
