The collection: Handmade masks, in materials ranging from paper to wood to cloth. Number of pieces in the collection: Around 250. First purchase: “When I was 8, my grandma went to Hawaii and ...

Donning wooden masks at festivals has long been a part of Kichwa culture in this region. Yet it was only in the 1970’s when Toaquiza became the first to add vibrant color to them on a suggestion ...

These wooden masks, used in an ancient form of Japanese theater called Noh, were made to be expressionless. But performers are charged with using slight and subtle movements to reveal the hidden ...

Archaeologists recently discovered an 1,800-year-old mask that they believe may be a spiritual representation of a powerful coalition of clans from third-century Japan. The cedarwood mask has few ...

On the walls around Albert, masks made by his father and grandfather, complete with real teeth and hair, stare balefully down. "I think it was probably a pagan ritual," he says.

Made in B.C. With upwards of 80,000 cases of COVID-19 in Canada, PPE supplies have been strained.. In March, Ottawa passed an interim order that allows masks, face shields and gowns to be imported ...