ritual masks
Ceremony face coverings
Ritual masks are face coverings worn during religious ceremonies, traditional performances, or cultural rites.
They appear across cultures—African, Asian, Indigenous American, European—serving to embody spirits, ancestors, deities, or symbolic forces.
The wearer may be understood to channel or become the entity the mask represents.
The shaman donned the ritual mask before the healing ceremony.
- transformationThorough change in form
- tranceSemiconscious, unresponsive condition
- wood carvingSculpting with timber
- carved woodSculpted timber artwork
- secret societyCovert fraternal organization
costume · initiation rites · coming of age · beadwork · face paint · ancestor spirits · spirit world · animal spirits · liminal · possession · burial goods · sculpture · disguise · headdress · carved · sacred · sacred object · painting
- ancient artifactsViking sword, bronze sculptures, antiquities, Roman coin, obsidian knife
- folk customsfolk dances, folk customs, folk costumes, folk traditions, folk medicine
- masksN95, kachina, ancestor spirits, respirator, false face
- ancient religiongods, goddesses, pantheon, deity, polytheism
- Amazonian tribesGuarani, Amazon tribes, rainforest tribes, tribal chiefs, tribal elders
- Buddhist objectsBuddha, Buddha statues, Buddha images, prayer wheels, prayer flag
ritual masksHalloween masks
Wearable October disguises
masquerade masks · theatrical masks · fancy dress · movie props · theatrical props