Masks and magic

Masks and magic. About the mask-maker. Variety of masks and media. When masks came into being. Masks and totemism. Northwest Coast masks. Eskimo masks. African animal masks. Extended use of the mask. The masked gods. The mask in the South Pacific. Masks of New Guinea. Masks and the cult of the dead. African ancestor masks. The mask and life forces. Masks and secret societies. The theatrical mask. Later use of masks. The lingering power of primitive masks

'...the mask loomed high as an instrument of magic power. The masks of the Eskimos and the Indians of the New World, of the Africans, of the Melanesians and Polynesians of the South Seas, of the Tibetans and Ceylonese of Asia, and of the primitive societies fo the European continent all tell us vividly of their importance as an attribute to magic.' --p. 2

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