<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/89f98184-d210-4ded-b8f9-2b237d07b634/63EED5C1-AD8E-45B8-B4DA-2E1B2B07E8D1/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.endicott-studio.com/gal/galmasks/masks1.html" href="http://www.endicott-studio.com/gal/galmasks/masks1.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.endicott-studio.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.endicott-studio.com/gal/galmasks/masks1.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.endicott-studio.com/img/94A253C3-ABA9-43FA-B408-96FE6073D1B2" alt="Woodland Mask by Brian Froud" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.endicott-studio.com/gal/galmasks/masks1.html"><H3>Masks in Myth, Ritual, and History</H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.endicott-studio.com/gal/galmasks/masks1.html">As cultural objects they have been used throughout the world in all periods since the Stone Age and have been as varied in appearance as in their use and symbolism</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.endicott-studio.com/gal/galmasks/masks1.html">from the simplest of crude "false faces" held by a handle to complete head coverings with ingenious movable parts and hidden faces</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.endicott-studio.com/gal/galmasks/masks1.html"><H3>The Making of Masks</H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.endicott-studio.com/gal/galmasks/masks1.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.endicott-studio.com/img/ED822D4A-4441-499F-8A64-5A74812FF7A4" alt="Ritual Masks by Beckie Kravetz" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.endicott-studio.com/gal/galmasks/masks1.html">Masks have traditionally been made by professionals who were either expert in this particular craft or were noted sculptors or artisans</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.endicott-studio.com/gal/galmasks/masks1.html">In societies in which masks of supernatural beings have played a significant ceremonial role, it is presumed that the spirit power of the created image usually is strongly felt by the artist.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.endicott-studio.com/gal/galmasks/masks1.html"><H3>The Wearing of Masks</H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.endicott-studio.com/gal/galmasks/masks1.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.endicott-studio.com/img/162B5DC4-A24F-48C8-A292-05E8B1E6DD16" alt="Devil By Katy Marchant for Daughter of Elvin" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.endicott-studio.com/gal/galmasks/masks1.html">The wearer is also considered to be in direct association with the spirit force of the mask and is consequently exposed to like personal danger of being affected by it</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.endicott-studio.com/gal/galmasks/masks1.html"><H3>Social and Religious Uses of Masks</H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.endicott-studio.com/gal/galmasks/masks1.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.endicott-studio.com/img/78D88831-8D65-41B9-B72E-836FD8603637" alt="Green Man Mask By Wendy Froud" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; 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padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.endicott-studio.com/gal/galmasks/masks2.html"><H3>Masks and Death</H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.endicott-studio.com/gal/galmasks/masks2.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.endicott-studio.com/img/A3FEA0B1-FEA6-4FCE-8B32-CE87902E2D6B" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.endicott-studio.com/gal/galmasks/masks2.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.endicott-studio.com/img/9C972684-8DA1-4B08-BF60-79083F12F55C" alt="Wotan by Beckie Kravetz" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.endicott-studio.com/gal/galmasks/masks2.html"><H3>Other Ritual Uses</H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.endicott-studio.com/gal/galmasks/masks2.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.endicott-studio.com/img/2F2DEE0B-FACF-4564-8A46-1A630B60C818" alt="Dartmoor Spirit Mask #2 by Phil Clark" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; 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background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.endicott-studio.com/gal/galmasks/masks2.html"><H3>Festival Masks</H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.endicott-studio.com/gal/galmasks/masks2.html"><H3>Theatrical Masks</H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.endicott-studio.com/gal/galmasks/masks2.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.endicott-studio.com/img/F7B9B276-2B32-45B7-89CE-876A04D8DAF4" alt="Queen Cat Mask Costume by Vinilla Burnham" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.endicott-studio.com/gal/galmasks/masks2.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.endicott-studio.com/img/1AF711A6-E1B6-4364-92BA-BAD800B381CF" alt="Greek Chorus by Beckie Kravetz" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.endicott-studio.com/gal/galmasks/masks2.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.endicott-studio.com/img/C836262B-F573-4B3F-B11F-D25FFBF72DBE" alt="Little Medusa Mask by Nancy Warren" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.endicott-studio.com/gal/galmasks/masks2.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.endicott-studio.com/img/E66776FA-7208-4660-99D2-77FFB96528C5" alt="Masquerade by Charles Vess" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.endicott-studio.com/gal/galmasks/masks2.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.endicott-studio.com/img/D9191525-D5D9-405F-B87F-C95C34B73C99" alt="Mice Masks & Costumes by Vinilla Burnham" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.endicott-studio.com/gal/galmasks/masks2.html"><H3>Masks Today</H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.endicott-studio.com/gal/galmasks/masks2.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.endicott-studio.com/img/51DB9A22-8D38-4984-8FA4-66B608D0FF9A" alt="Minotaur by Beckie Kravetz" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; 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