An illustration of a Kaartan ceremonial outfit from John Murray’s Travels in Western Africa (1825). Kaarta was a kingdom that existed from 1753-1854 in what is now Mali - Postcard

Hedy Pfundmayr Wearing an Elektra Mask by Rudolf Koppitz, Triptych, 1928

Koskimo as Hami (dangerous thing) During the Numhlim Ceremony by Edward Curtis, c.1914

Kwakiutl Person as the Forest Spirit Nuhlimkilaka, (bringer of confusion) by Edward Curtis, c. 1914

Kwakiutl person as Pgwis (man of the sea) by Edward Curtis c. 1914

Fantasie Kop by Samuel Jessurun de Mesquita, 1930

Singular Masks by James Ensor -1892

Scandalized Masks by James Ensor - 1883

Woman in Black Dress by Edward Penfield - c.1900

Ashamed by Francesco Villamena - c. 1576-1624

Young Woman with Turban, Decollete and a Mask, James Wilson, after Henry Robert Morland -c. 1745 - 1794

A girl pretending to be frightened by a boy in a fox mask. Colour woodcut by Yamamoto Shōun, 1906. (Yamamoto, Shōkoku, 1870-1965)

Two Dancers by Yashima Gakutei - c. 1827-828

Japanese Masks and a Death's-head by Henri-Charles Guérard - 1888