The show features 350 painted scrolls, masks, ritual weapons, musical instruments and other sacred objects.

Yao, Shaman Robes Yao, Shaman Masks, wood, paper hair and mixed media Yao, Shaman Paper Masks, watercolor and ink on handmade paper Yao, Shaman ... Art Review: ‘Art of the Shaman’ at Bates. Museum of ...

Opened last month, Becoming Another: The Power of Masks runs until February 8, 2016. Ranging from the 15th–20th centuries, the masks come from the Himalayas, Siberia, Mongolia, Japan, and the ...

Yup'ik masks vary dramatically in size and shape, anthropologist Dorothy Jean Ray wrote in her 1967 book "Eskimo Masks: Art and Ceremony," with some as small as 6 inches (15 centimeters) and ...

Carved by—or under the supervision of—a shaman, these masks sometimes represent a shaman's spiritual helpers and can also be hung in homes to ward off harmful spirits. 2. Mardi Gras, New Orleans ...

Around 100 masks of every contorted grimace imaginable, both human and animalistic, are assembled on the top floor of the Rubin Museum of Art for the new exhibition Becoming Another: The Power of ...

View KOMOKWA AND MEDICINE MAN SHAMAN MASKS By Carl Simeon; bark, leather; 13 x 8.5 x 5.5 in33 x 21.6 x 14 cm; 11 x 10 x 7 in27.9 x 25.4 x 17.8 cm; Signed; . Access more artwork lots and estimated & ...

When I first examined the shaman spirit mask at the Madison ROADSHOW in July 2009, though I said I was "80 percent" sure, I did not feel I could be certain without additional research whether it ...

Odi Oquosa is a shaman - and he's passionate about his art. He's also an artist and a dancer; and he;'s a survivor, too. Odi survived torture by Nigeria's notorious Bakassi Boys. His paintings ...