Posts tagged with flickr
Nunivak Face
April 27th, 2010
Bamileke elephant mask
November 23rd, 2009
4843 Elephant detail, originally uploaded by ann porteus, Sidewalk Tribal Gallery.
“Elephant masks belong to members of the Kuosi society, a secret society of the Bamileke of Cameroon that maintains the political and social order of the kingdom. Membership of the Kuosi society includes royalty and wealthy title-holders, as well as men of warrior status. It is considered a great privilege to wear an elephant mask as it symbolizes force and strength. The Kuosi society performs ceremonies in the elephant masks and other regalia biannually and at the death of one of their members.”
Great collection of tribal art on this flickr!
Small Yurupari Mask
July 21st, 2009
Bolivian Hood Mask
July 21st, 2009
Peru Hood Mask
July 21st, 2009
Phi Ta Khon ghosts
June 17th, 2009
‘Phi’ is Thai for ‘ghost’, or ‘spirit’ (pronounced as ‘pee’); ‘Ta’ (technically it sounds like ‘dtah’) means ‘eyes’; and‘Khon’ refers to the famous Thai traditional, masked dance discipline.
p.s. I made a tumblr to shove all images I feast on (so thats this blog + what isn’t worth a full blog post).
An Actor From the Chinese Opera (c.1910)
May 25th, 2009
An Actor From the Chinese Opera (c.1910), originally uploaded by postaletrice.
Mud man Papua New Guinea
May 15th, 2009
Mud man Papua New Guinea, originally uploaded by Eric Lafforgue.
oracle
May 4th, 2009
oracle, originally uploaded by mutikonka1.
