Masks are the emblem of the mystery man hero — think Zorro and Batman, the centerpiece of theatrical costume as in Japanese Noh plays and Phantom of the Opera. In their cultural context, masks are ...

The last time Bob Ibold was in Mexico, he was in his teens. That was in 1956. "Back then I wasn't interested in Mexican masks," says the Lancaster mask collector and author of "Masks of the World." ...

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Two professors invited indigenous artisans to make masks portraying the agent of the pandemic — the coronavirus — through the lens of their... Masks are the emblem of the mystery man hero — think ...