Shamanic Masks
Chinese Coins
Su Shan
Lacquer ware that 'maddens the cat' - Fuzhou bodiless lacquer ware |
Shamanic masks are exorcising and funeral masks derived from the totem worshipping of ethnic minorities in north China and the shamanic culture. Currently, only a small number of such masks can be found among the Mongolian, Man, Ewenki and Hezhen minorities etc. |
Details
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- Sorcerer's Masks of Yunnan and Guizhou
- Sorcerer's masks of Yunnan and Guizhou are masks worn by a group of people at a god welcoming or fortune praying ceremony ...
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- Exorcising Masks
- Exorcising masks originated from ancient sacrificial rituals in the Central Plains...
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- Tibetan Masks
- Tibetan Masks are masks worn by monastery and folk sorcerers and those used in Tibetan operas...
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- Dramatic Masks
- In the embryonic and initial stages of ethnic operas, masks were widely used in the performances...
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- Colored Lacquer "TiaoShen" Mask
- Colored Lacquer "TiaoShen" Mask Ox-Headed Ming Wang...
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- Carved Wooden Mask Kai Shan Mang Jiang
- Carved Wooden Mask Kai Shan Mang Jiang for "Nu Xi"...
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- Carved Wooden Mask Xian Feng Xiao Jie
- Carved Wooden Mask Xian Feng Xiao Jie for "Nu Xi"...
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- Painted and Carced Wooden Mask Dao Ren
- Painted and Carced Wooden Mask Dao Ren for "Di Xi"...
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- Temple Fair
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- Mask of Tibetan...
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- Xiangdong Nuo Mask
- The Xiangdong Nuo Mask is a kind of mask made of camphorwood with original religious flavor.
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