Face Coverings installation

• Format: Still Image
• Language: unknown
• Published: American Crafts Council. Museum of Contemporary Crafts 1970
• Subjects: masks (costume); crafts (art genres); Janus; Prince of Wales Island; The Helmet; Thunderbird; tlingit; Alaska
• Online Access: http://cdm15785.contentdm.oclc.org/u?/p15785coll7,4511

"Face Coverings," which ran from September 30, 1970 to January 3, 1971, explores the many ways in which people have altered their faces in order to disguise, enhance, or protect themselves. The exhibit featured a variety of face coverings including traditional masks from around the world, space helmets, cosmetics, sporting gear, and contemporary masks and face ornamentations. When viewing from left to right, you can see the bark cloth mask from Southern Venezuela or Northeastern Colombia; the Pharisee (evil spirit) mask from Sonora, Mexico; the janus-headed dance mask from Ecuador; face mask by Karen M. Van Derpool; the helmet mask from Congo, Africa; and the thunderbird mask from the Tlingit tribe in Prince of Wales Island, Alaska.