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Mask Collection (page 5)

Background imageMask Collection: Enemy aliens queue to register in London, September 1939

Enemy aliens queue to register in London, September 1939
German nationals living in Britain, described by the Sphere as enemy aliens, queue to register themselves in Golders Green, carrying gas masks and monitored by police

Background imageMask Collection: Sir Hoare and his wife carrying gas masks, September 1939

Sir Hoare and his wife carrying gas masks, September 1939
Sir Samuel Hoare and his wife Lady Maud Hoare walking home with their gas masks, days after his appointment as Lord Privy Seal following the outbreak of war. 1939

Background imageMask Collection: Barnsley Detachment Tankersley Brigade Rescue Party

Barnsley Detachment Tankersley Brigade Rescue Party
Mine Fire at the Hamstead Colliery, Great Barr, Birmingham on 4th March, 1908. The Barnsley Detachment Tankersley Brigade Rescue Party

Background imageMask Collection: Lady Alexandra Haig and Lady Lettice Ashley-Cooper

Lady Alexandra Haig and Lady Lettice Ashley-Cooper
Christmas carol party at Londonderry House organised by Miss Olga Lynn in aid of the Devon Nook Home for Unmarried Mothers, December 1938

Background imageMask Collection: Wall paintings of decorated columns from Pompeii

Wall paintings of decorated columns from Pompeii
Trompe l oeil wall paintings of columns with ivy and masks from the House of the Grand Duke, Strada della Fortuna, Pompeii, excavated 1838

Background imageMask Collection: Wall paintings of monsters from the Palazzo del Te, Mantua

Wall paintings of monsters from the Palazzo del Te, Mantua
Wall paintings of monsters, masks, tigers, winged creatures and chimera from the Palazzo del Te, Mantua. Handcoloured lithograph by Konter after an illustration by Wilhelm Zahn from his Ornament of

Background imageMask Collection: Masks and weapons used by the Unalaskans

Masks and weapons used by the Unalaskans
Masks used by the Unalaskans in their dances; darts and the boards to throw them. From Joseph Billings and Martin Sauers An Account of an Expedition to the Northern Parts of Russia

Background imageMask Collection: Animal imitators, 14th century

Animal imitators, 14th century
Performers imitating animals in the 14th century: man with pipe and tabor dancing with a man in stag costume; man with dancing dog, man with stick receiving a scroll from a boy with a dogs head

Background imageMask Collection: Mummers in animal masks, 14th century

Mummers in animal masks, 14th century
Mummers in odd animal masks and colourful robes, 14th century, dancing to music played by a man on a lute with animal neck

Background imageMask Collection: Mummers and fools, 14th century

Mummers and fools, 14th century
Mummers in odd masks and colourful robes (top, bottom), and a line of fools in hoods with bells dancing to bagpipe and regal music at a Festival of Fools (middle), 14th century

Background imageMask Collection: Knights performing the Torch Dance (Fackeltanz)

Knights performing the Torch Dance (Fackeltanz). They wear plumed helmets, face masks and short jackets with ribbons from the shoulder. From Hans Burgkmairs Triomphe de l Empereur Maximilian I, 1526

Background imageMask Collection: Twenty masked musicians and dancers emerge

Twenty masked musicians and dancers emerge
Twenty masked and costumed musicians and dancers emerge from four monstrous heads. Dance of the Nations, part of the celebrations of the birth of Freiderich, Duke of Wurttemberg, 1616

Background imageMask Collection: Ancient Egyptian and other heads

Ancient Egyptian and other heads
Egyptian head from the Kircherian Museum 1, and other heads from the Borgiano Museum in Velletri 2, 3. Copperplate engraving by Pietro Ruga after an illustration by Lorenzo Rocceggiani from his own

Background imageMask Collection: Vase with classical reliefs by John Flaxman

Vase with classical reliefs by John Flaxman. Chromolithograph drawn by Grivell and lithographed by Parrot et Co. from Frederick Rathbones Old Wedgwood

Background imageMask Collection: Mask of the Shumai koli of the Zenith, Zuni nation

Mask of the Shumai koli of the Zenith, Zuni nation. Chromolithograph by August Hoen from John Wesley Powells 23rd Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, Washington, 1904

Background imageMask Collection: Mask of Great God of the Great Fire Fraternity, Zuni Nation

Mask of Great God of the Great Fire Fraternity, Zuni Nation
Mask of Kok ko Thlann a, Great God, of Ma tke Thlan nakwe, Great Fire Fraternity, Zuni Nation. Chromolithograph by August Hoen from John Wesley Powells 23rd Annual Report of the Bureau of American

Background imageMask Collection: Mask of Kok ko Thlan na (Great God) of Ne wekwe

Mask of Kok ko Thlan na (Great God) of Ne wekwe and mask of Mi totasha, Zuni nation. Chromolithograph by August Hoen from John Wesley Powells 23rd Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology

Background imageMask Collection: Zuni men imitating the Dance of the Ye bi chai

Zuni men imitating the Dance of the Ye bi chai Gods of the Navahos. Lithograph after a painting by Mary Wright Gill from John Wesley Powells 23rd Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology

Background imageMask Collection: Masks of god and goddesses accompanying He mishikwe

Masks of god and goddesses accompanying He mishikwe
Mask of god accompanying He mishikwe, and masks of goddesses accompanying He mishikwe, Zuni nation. Chromolithograph by August Hoen from John Wesley Powells 23rd Annual Report of the Bureau of

Background imageMask Collection: Mask of the He mishiikwe with tablet, Zuni Nation

Mask of the He mishiikwe with tablet, Zuni Nation. Chromolithograph by August Hoen from John Wesley Powells 23rd Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, Washington, 1904

Background imageMask Collection: Mask of the Muluktatkia, Zuni nation

Mask of the Muluktatkia, Zuni nation. Chromolithograph by August Hoen from John Wesley Powells 23rd Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, Washington, 1904

Background imageMask Collection: Mask of Na tashku and Na wisho, Zuni Nation

Mask of Na tashku and Na wisho, Zuni Nation. Chromolithograph by August Hoen from John Wesley Powells 23rd Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, Washington, 1904

Background imageMask Collection: Mask of the U wannami, Rain Makers, Zuni Nation

Mask of the U wannami, Rain Makers, Zuni Nation. Chromolithograph by August Hoen from John Wesley Powells 23rd Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, Washington, 1904

Background imageMask Collection: Ko yemshi Gods in Plaza, Zuni nation

Ko yemshi Gods in Plaza, Zuni nation
Ko yemshi Gods in masks and blankets in the plaza, Zuni nation. Lithograph after a painting by Mary Wright Gill from John Wesley Powells 23rd Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology

Background imageMask Collection: Mask of Salimobiya, Warrior of the Nadir, Zuni Nation

Mask of Salimobiya, Warrior of the Nadir, Zuni Nation. Chromolithograph by August Hoen from John Wesley Powells 23rd Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, Washington, 1904

Background imageMask Collection: Mask of Salimobiya, Warrior of the Zenith, Zuni Nation

Mask of Salimobiya, Warrior of the Zenith, Zuni Nation. Chromolithograph by August Hoen from John Wesley Powells 23rd Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, Washington, 1904

Background imageMask Collection: Masks of Ya mukakto (a) and Hu tutu (b, c), Zuni Nation

Masks of Ya mukakto (a) and Hu tutu (b, c), Zuni Nation. Chromolithograph by August Hoen from John Wesley Powells 23rd Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, Washington, 1904

Background imageMask Collection: Mask of the Sayatasha, Rain Priest of the North, Zuni Nation

Mask of the Sayatasha, Rain Priest of the North, Zuni Nation. Chromolithograph by August Hoen from John Wesley Powells 23rd Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, Washington, 1904

Background imageMask Collection: Mask of the Hehea (Blunderer) of the Nadir, Zuni nation

Mask of the Hehea (Blunderer) of the Nadir, Zuni nation. Chromolithograph by August Hoen from John Wesley Powells 23rd Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, Washington, 1904

Background imageMask Collection: Mask of Shu laawi si, Deputy to the Sun Father, Zuni nation

Mask of Shu laawi si, Deputy to the Sun Father, Zuni nation. Chromolithograph by August Hoen from John Wesley Powells 23rd Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, Washington, 1904

Background imageMask Collection: Mask of Ko thlama, and rear view of the head

Mask of Ko thlama, and rear view of the head of a Ko thlama personator, Zuni nation. Chromolithograph by August Hoen from John Wesley Powells 23rd Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology

Background imageMask Collection: Mask of a Shi wanni Rain Priest of the Kia nakwe

Mask of a Shi wanni Rain Priest of the Kia nakwe, Zuni nation. Chromolithograph by August Hoen from John Wesley Powells 23rd Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, Washington, 1904

Background imageMask Collection: Mask of Pau tiwa, Zuni sun god

Mask of Pau tiwa, Zuni sun god. Chromolithograph by August Hoen from John Wesley Powells 23rd Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, Washington, 1904

Background imageMask Collection: Mask of Kwe lele, Fire Maker to Shit su kiai, Zuni nation

Mask of Kwe lele, Fire Maker to Shit su kiai, Zuni nation. Chromolithograph by August Hoen from John Wesley Powells 23rd Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, Washington, 1904

Background imageMask Collection: Mask of Shit sukia, Game Eater, god of the Zuni

Mask of Shit sukia, Game Eater, god of the Zuni (front, side and rear views). Chromolithograph by August Hoen from John Wesley Powells 23rd Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology

Background imageMask Collection: Mask of Ko yemshi a, and mask of Ko mokat si

Mask of Ko yemshi a, and mask of Ko mokat si
Mask of Ko yemshi, old dance man a, and mask of Ko mokat si, old dance woman b, c, Zuni nation. Chromolithograph by August Hoen from John Wesley Powells 23rd Annual Report of the Bureau of American

Background imageMask Collection: Mask of Tkia nilona, Owner of Springs

Mask of Tkia nilona, Owner of Springs, greatest of the Zuni ancestral gods. Chromolithograph by August Hoen from John Wesley Powells 23rd Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology

Background imageMask Collection: Wall paintings of arabesques and head of Oceanus

Wall paintings of arabesques and head of Oceanus
Wall painting of an arabesque with a mask of Oceanus found in Herculaneum, and two other ornaments of Oceanus and a lotus flower found in the Temple of Isis. All now in the Museum of Naples

Background imageMask Collection: Wall painting of an arabesque with stag

Wall painting of an arabesque with stag and cupid (top) and a panel with a mask of Pan (below), both from Domus Vedi Sirici or House of Siricus, VII.1.47

Background imageMask Collection: Lucilla, daughter of Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius

Lucilla, daughter of Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius, with trumpet and mask, the attributes of Thalia, muse of comedy. Copperplate engraving after an illustration by L

Background imageMask Collection: Statue of Thalia, muse of comedy, with mask and trumpet

Statue of Thalia, muse of comedy, with mask and trumpet. In the collection of Conservatori del Popolo Romano. Copperplate engraving from Pietro Paolo Montagnani-Mirabilis Il Museo Capitolino

Background imageMask Collection: Return from the masked ball

Return from the masked ball
Return from the ball: a young man flirts with several women undressing after a costume ball. During carnival you must be especially vigilant, old husbands of young wives, outdated lovers

Background imageMask Collection: A meeting at a masquerade ball

A meeting at a masquerade ball
A meeting at a ball: A masked woman and Normandy girl flirt with a revolutionary man in bicorn and cockade, while a woman in drag as a Turkish man interrupts and a double bass player looks

Background imageMask Collection: Preparing for a masked ball, 1800s

Preparing for a masked ball, 1800s
Preparations for a masquerade. We no longer see harlequins and pierrots at masked balls, but instead costumes of Switzerland and Normandy

Background imageMask Collection: Woman of the court of King Henry IV of France, 1589-1610

Woman of the court of King Henry IV of France, 1589-1610. She wears her hair tied up with a ribbon, an upright lace collar, Spanish court dress with low cut bosom, slashed sleeves, corset

Background imageMask Collection: Lady in mask at a ball, reign of King Henry

Lady in mask at a ball, reign of King Henry III of France, 1573-1575. She wears a hat decorated with pearls, a full-face black mask

Background imageMask Collection: Mlle. Judith as Isabelle in La Grisette de Qualite, 1844

Mlle. Judith as Isabelle in La Grisette de Qualite, 1844
Mlle. Judith or Judith Julie Bernat as Isabelle in La Grisette de Qualite, Theatre des Folies Dramatiques, 1844. Handcoloured lithograph after an illustration by Louis Lasalle from Victor Dollets

Background imageMask Collection: Mlle. Melcy as Amelie in Un Mari qui se Derange, 1846

Mlle. Melcy as Amelie in Un Mari qui se Derange, 1846
Mlle. Melcy as Amelie at a masked ball in Un Mari qui se Derange by Cormon and Grange, Theatre du Gymnase Dramatique, 1846



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