North American Native Masks

Mask making was wide spread among the Native peoples of North America, which included the Inuit and Northwest Coast Natives. Mask forms had a variety of meanings to the Native people. Meanings such as, human ancestors and supernatural spirits. The traditional masks also had a variety of sizes, shapes and forms. they were made of many different types of material such as, carved wood. Other types of material were used to decorate the masks, such as, ribbon, paint and miscellaneous ornaments. Mask making had a unique symbolic meaning to the Native people of North America. (Native Arts of North America, Africa, and the South Pacific pg10)

INUIT MASK	NORTHWEST COAST MASK

CONTENTS:

1. NorthWest Coast
2. Inuit

LINKS TO OTHER WEB SITES:

• MASK LINKS
• PUT YOUR BEST FACE FORWARD
• ORIGINAL NATIVE MASKS AND CARVING FROM BC's WEST COAST
• MASKS,MASKS MASKS
• NATIVE AMERICANS MASKS