Masks

• Masks are used for many different things.

• Usually we see them as a disguise or something worn at Halloween.

• Many other cultures use masks during rituals, ceremonies, dances and they usually have an important symbolic meaning.

African

China

Japan

Pacific Islands

Egypt

India

Korea

Native American

Indian British Columbia

Mexican

Mardi Gras

others

Credits

• I used 2 web sites to gather my images.

• http://gallery.sjsu.edu/masks/menu.html

• Lisa Mitchell, art specialist, Gaston County Schools, created a very cool web quest that I used pictures from as well. http://www.gaston.k12.nc.us/resources/teachers/webquests/Safari/index_masks.htm