Mask
A mask denotes protection, concealment, identity change, supernatural embodiment, instinctual wisdom, or death, with meanings shaped by ritual and theatrical use.
Our paraphrase of what the sources say it carries.
At a glance
- Type
- Symbol
- Borne by
- 1 figure
- Traditions
- Zuni folklore (1)
Figures that bear it
A model judged each figure against its own description, one term at a time. Is: the figure is, or is partly, this thing. Bears: it carries the thing or is marked by it. What a figure does is filed under motifs and powers. Open "why" for the sentence the judgement rests on.
- Koyemshi bears Zuni folklore
why
… tradition, identifiable by rounded, knobbed masks the color of wet clay …