Chris Rainier’s fascination with ritual masks began in the mid-1980s, when, during a photography trip to New Guinea, he was confronted by a tribesman adorned with feathers from a bird of ...

In April, 2013, the Néret-Minet Tessier & Sarrou auction house in Paris generated $1.2 million as 70 Hopi masks went for an average of $17,143, with a Mother Crow mask created around 1880 ...

A 19th century Guatemalan mask offered by dealer Casa de Artes at the San Francisco Tribal and Textile Arts Show. The 29th annual show is open Friday, Feb. 6, through Sundau, Feb. 8 at Fort Mason ...

Here are some of the coolest art-inspired masks from iconic museums and galleries around the world. John Singer Sargent’s ‘Carnation, Lily, Lily Rose’ at Tate Modern, London Photograph: Tate ...

The project focuses largely on remote tribal cultures, ... “I decided that I wanted to follow the trail of traditional masks around the world,” the 61-year-old photographer said on the phone ...

From Bhutan to Burkina Faso, photographer Chris Rainier has traveled the world in search of masks used by shamans, monks and spiritualists. CNN values your feedback 1.