San Diego Jewish Academy
Art
Masks From Around the World

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The masks below provide a survey of the creativity, diversity, and richness of the human imagination and our desire to represent our past, present, and future heroes, demons, dreams, fears, fantasies, and nightmares.

Africa
http://community.middlebury.edu/~atherton/masking.html
http://cti.itc.virginia.edu/~bcr/African_Mask_Faces.html
http://cti.itc.virginia.edu/~bcr/African_Mask_Portraits.html
http://cti.itc.virginia.edu/~bcr/African_Mask_Icons.html

Alaska
http://www.mnh.si.edu/arctic/features/yupik/

China
http://www.uihealthcare.com/depts/medmuseum/galleryexhibits/masksofchina/04masks.html
http://www.uihealthcare.com/depts/medmuseum/galleryexhibits/masksofchina/01moderntimes.html

Japan

http://www.jhg.co.jp/p1omen/men1.html - http://www.oldjapaninc.com/japanese_masks.html

Greece
http://www.greekhandicraft.com/mask.html

Guatemala
http://www.colonialarts.com/masks_splash1.htm
http://www.colonialarts.com/masks_splash2.htm- http://www.colonialarts.com/masks_splash3.htm

Mexico
http://www.milagrosgallery.com/mg-cgi-bin/store/commerce.cgi?product=Masks - http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Garage/5326/mexiart3.html
http://www.gomanzanillo.com/features/Day%20of%20the%20Dead/skull.htm - http://www.azcentral.com/ent/dead/photos/heard4.html
http://www.ranchitoburrito.com/pascola.html

Modern
http://www.curiousmasks.com/

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