Welcome to the New Day Cafe! This is an open thread.
Since we’re all wearing masks these days, I thought I’d take a look at some masks throughout history, courtesy of maskmuseum.org and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
-Stone Mask, 7000 BCE, Palestine
-Mask cut from seashell, 4000 BCE, Busan, Korea
-Bas relief from the Farnese Palace depicting ancient Roman masked tragedians.
-Mask, 8th-9th C., Java
-Persian War Mask from the Safavid Dynasty, 16th-18th C.
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-Alutiiq/ Sugpiaq, Native American, 1870
-Mask, Igbo Peoples, Nigeria, 19-20th Century
Italian Carnival Mask, 1910
-Tapirapé peoples, Brazil, 1950-1960
Grab a cup of coffee, something to nosh on,
and share what’s on your mind this morning.
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