Tag: masks

A Plague Doctor mask. In the C17th, plague doctors used to wear these and fill the long ‘nose’ with herbs to ward off the plague. They’re still worn at the Carnevale in Venice.

From Masquerade, who sell Venetian masks.

A Chokwe aardvark mask. The Chokwe are from Central Africa.

large version

Slightly early, this week, because I’m going to Cambridge for a party tomorrow. A mask from Japanese Noh theatre, via the Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art:

from halloween-mask.com:

EDIT: That picture now doesn’t seem to be working. So here’s an Alien Disco mask instead. Via thefunshop.net