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Last Chance: Visit the Museum’s Mask Exhibition

All year long we’ve been disguising, revealing, and transforming ourselves, and now it’s almost time to take off the mask—Becoming Another: The Power of Masks closes on February 8, 2016. From poems to films, writing classes to shamanic workshops, we hope you have had a chance to “become another” in our mask-filled year.

“Behind every mask there is a face, and behind that a story.” —Marty Rubin, author

Check out photos from the past year’s unforgettable mask-filled activities and some of our favorite masks from the exhibition:

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Kengpa; Monpa or Sherdukpen Peoples; Arunachal Pradesh, India or Bhutan; 19th century Wood; Rubin Museum of Art

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Raven Mask; Unknown Kwakwaka’‘wakw artist; Knight’‘s Inlet, British Columbia, Vancouver Island, Canada, Northwest Coast; Wood, pigment, cedar bark; Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Herman Stutzer, Esq.

Ko-omote ; Japan; 17th century; Wood and lacquer; Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt in memory of Kermit Roosevelt, 44.192.1.
Ko-omote ; Japan; 17th century; Wood and lacquer; Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt in memory of Kermit Roosevelt, 44.192.1.

Appa India, Arunachal Pradesh; c. 18th-19th century Wood, felt, metal, and cloth; Bruce Miller Collection
Appa India, Arunachal Pradesh; c. 18th-19th century Wood, felt, metal, and cloth; Bruce Miller Collection

Curious about Noh masks? Join us tomorrow, January 20, for a special tour of Becoming Another: The Power of Masks with curator Jan Van Alphen.

Be sure to visit Becoming Another: The Power of Masks, before February 8, 2016.

Event photography by Adam Elstein, Lyn Hughes, Michael J. Palma and Michael Seto Photography.

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