Guardian and Totem Poles

Cultural sculptures including guardian statues and totem poles from diverse backgrounds, emphasizing intricate designs and vibrant colors.

USA, Washington, Seattle. Head of Tlingit mortuary pole from Old Wrangell village, AK fronts Burke Museum

The head of a guardian statue at Wat Mae Yen, Pai, Thailand, Asia

Close-up of a totem pole, Hoonah, Alaska, USA

USA, Washington, Seattle. Head of Tlingit mortuary pole from Old Wrangell village, AK fronts Burke Museum

Totem pole at U'Mista Cultural Center of the Kwakwaka'wakw people, Alert Bay on Cormorant Island, Queen Charlotte Strait, BC, Canada; British Columbia, Canada

Balinese mythological wooden mask, souvenir, Bali Indonesia

Mask at Haida Heritage Centre at Kaay Llnagaay, Haida Gwaii (Queen Charlotte Islands), British Columbia, Canada, North America

An Indian mask carved by Eskimo inuit craftsman for sale in a Gastown shop, Vancouver British Columbia, Canada.

Offerings at temple Ceremony at Besakih, mother temple, Bali, Indonesia

Dance Mask Representing a Tibetan Guardian Deity 1850.

Human face from Northern British Columbia, Canada. Dated 19th Century

Close-up of a tribal mask, Solomon Islands

Duncan, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Salish Eagle and First Nation man totem pole

Bali Barong and Rangda used in Bali traditional religious dance

Canada, Quebec Province, Onhoua Chetekee Huron reconstituted site, detail of a totem

Guatemala, Chichicastenango. Display of colorful painted masks.

African mask, Bobo Oule tribe, Burkina Faso, Africa

Balinese mythological wooden mask, souvenir, Bali Indonesia

Red wooden mask, Sri Lanka, Asia

Totem pole located at the Cowichan Tribes Administration building. Duncan, British Columbia.

Inside Longhouse Showing Regalia At 'Ksan Historical Village And Museum, B.C., Canada

Mask from Java. Artist: Unknown.

PAPUA NEW GUINEA, RABAUL, BAINING FIRE DANCE, SPIRIT MASKS MADE FROM POUNDED BARK

Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island. Goddess of Mercy temple at Repulse Bay. God statue.

Mayan wood mask with jaguar in Yucatan Mexico

Tsonoqua, Mythological Wild Women Of The Woods (Thunderbird Above Tsonoqua) - Carver: Ned Matilpi 1990. Cowichan Valley, Vancouver Island, British Col

Display of alibrije masks - carved, colorful painted animals and fantasy creatures - at the alibrije studio of Jacobo y Maria Angeles in the Zapotec wood carving village of San Martin Tilcajete near Oaxaca, Mexico.

Scarry horned tribal mask in watercolor style over white

Totem pole face, Museum of Anthropology, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Japan, Gifu prefecture, Takayama (also known as Hida-Takayama), hands holding head of lion dance costume worn in Gonjunko Procession during Sanno Festival of Hie Jinja Shrine, held annually in April.

Zimbabwe, Victoria Falls National Park. Painted Geometric Mask.

Masks, handicrafts, souvenirs, in the entrance area of the Mayan ruins of Chichén Itzá, Chichén Itzá, Yucatán, Mexico, Central America

Ancient Tibet: Mahakala Mask, Late Qing Dynasty; 1800 - 1912 AD, from Lhasa, Tibet. A protective deity wth a rim of fifty skulls. Wood and silver. Third eye on forehead.

Hopi katsina doll used during the spring and summer ceremonies, the dancers embody Katsina. From North-eastern Arizona. Dated 1950

Tlingit Totem Bight Comm House & Park Ketchikan SE AK

Decorative African mask

Headdress - Chief American Horse's Outfit

Portrait of a male Chinese opera performer

Face of Dzunukwa, the giantess who brought magic and wealth to her people, on the Ga'akstalas Pole, carved by Wayne Alfred and Beau Dick in 1991 and based on a Kwakwaka'wakw design by Russell Smith. Totem pole on display at Stanley Park, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Traditional Maori wood carving outside meeting house in Rotorua New Zealand

aztec mayan wooden Mexican indian mask handcrafts in rows

Native American carved wooden figure of a man, 19th century. Artist: Unknown

Polychrome ceremonial mask , Masks, Kuba African people, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

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Various African masks on sale at Aswan Souq, Aswan, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Canada, Quebec, Hull-Gatineau, Canadian Museum of Civilization, First Nations totem pole detail

Lisbon, Portugal. Antique Asian mask. (Editorial Use Only)

Congolese mask in Bukavu, DRC

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Interior of Te Whare Runanga, Maori Meeting House, Waitangi, Bay of Islands, Northland, North Island, New Zealand

Tribal hawaii totem african traditional wooden mask. hawaii mask exotic, african face wooden sculpture

Close-up of a dragon design, China

Maori carving on meeting house, Auckland Museum, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Polychrome ceramic funerary urn representing the god of corn, Zapotec civilization, Mexico

First Nation ceremonial masks at the U'Mista Cultural Centre, Alert Bay, British Columbia, Canada.

Staff god on Wari pottery sherd, god of lightening, rain and crops, Empires of the Sun, Peru, Wari, Huari, Conchopata Site.

Aztec mayan wooden Mexican indian mask handcrafts in rows

Figure of a Medicine Man, Haida Tribe, Pacific Northwest Coast Indian. Artist: Unknown.

China, Shenzhen City, Splendid China Park, Traditional Mask

Ky-lu 'a, Lang-so' n province, Tonkin, Indochina the main cave of the rocks of Ky-Lu 'A, sheltering a rock sanctuary dedicated to Buddhist worship , Léon Busy in Indochina (French - Ky-lu' a , province de Lang-so' n , Tonkin , Indochine La grotte principale des Rochers de Ky-lu' a , abritant un sanctuaire rupestre dédié au culte bouddhique). Statue, Buddhism, Buddha, Temple, Erosion, inner view, sculpture, supernatural, cave, geology, Religion, housing , architecture, art, human beings, sciences , techniques, Indochina, Tonkin, Ky-Lua, from Hanoi to the Porte de China, the caves of Ky-Lua, the same

Watercolor tribal mask on white background

Detail of Chilkat shirt, Tlingit from North West Pacific, exhibited in Portland Museum, Portland, Oregon, United States of America, North America

Cobra mask, carved devil's mask, Ambalangoda, Suedprovinz, Sri Lanka, Asia

Mask from the Diablada dance from the Carnival de Oruro, Bolivia, South America. Dated 20th Century

Portrait of a male Chinese opera performer

Close-up of a totem pole, Ketchikan, Alaska, USA

Traditional mask with pearl embroidery, Foumban, Northwest Region, Cameroon, Africa

Ma-alo kachina of the staff, Kachina dolls, Hopi culture, southwestern United States, 1900-1940, cottonwood, natural pigments and wool, Anthropology National Museum, Madrid, Spain.

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Close-up image of a totem pole carving, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Colourfully dressed and face painted local tribes celebrating the traditional Sing Sing in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea, Pacific

Vietnam, Hanoi, Kim Ngan Communal House, mask

Traditional wood carved mask in the Te Puia Maori Cultural Center, Roturura, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania

Collection of traditional cultural masks showcasing diverse artistic expressions.

Mola textile by Kuna Indian artist, depicting a flower with a face. From the San Blas Archipelago, Panama. Reverse applique design worn on female blouse.

Mola textile by Kuna Indian artist, depicting a flower with a face. From the San Blas Archipelago, Panama. Reverse applique design worn on female blouse.

Wayang is a Javanese word for particular kinds of theatre (literally 'shadow'). When the term is used to refer to kinds of puppet theatre, sometimes the puppet itself is referred to as wayang. Performances of shadow puppet theatre are accompanied by gamelan in Java. UNESCO designated Wayang Kulit, a shadow puppet theatre and the best known of the Indonesian wayang, as a Masterpiece of Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity on 7 November 2003.

New Zealand, Rotorua. Traditional Maori wood carving around entrance.

Tribal Mask Africa

MASCARA DE CARNAVAL. Location: EXTERIOR. CORDOBA. SPAIN.

Masks in Chenghuang Miao (City God Temple) Shanghai, China.

Phi Ta Khon or Pee Ta Khon (the Ghost Festival) is the name for a festival held annually in Dan Sai, Northeast Thailand. The events take place over three days some time between March and July, the dates being selected annually by the towns mediums. The Ghost Festival is also called Wan Ruam (assembly day). The towns residents invite protection from Phra U-pakut, the spirit of the Mun River. They then hold a series of games and take part in a procession wearing masks made of rice husks or coconut leaves with hats made from rice steamers, plus patchwork clothing. They also wear bells and wave wooden phalluses. Loei (Thai: ???) Province is located in Thailand's upper North-East. Neighboring provinces are (from east clockwise) Nong Khai, Udon Thani, Nongbua Lamphu, Khon Kaen, Phetchabun, Phitsanulok. In the north it borders Xaignabouli and Vientiane Provinces of Laos. The province is covered with low mountains, while the capital Loei is located in a fertile basin. The Loei River, which f

Mungo Martin (1879-1962). Kwakwakawakw artist (Amerindian tribe in Canada). Mask, ca. 1900. Wood, cloth, paint, feathers and string. Denver Art Museum. Denver, Colorado, United States.

Hindu face on the temple

Dancing woman in ethnic style

Hopi kachina doll carved from cottonwood depicts the corn maiden dressed in traditional dance regalia offering a basket of blue corn and cactus fruit to signify abundant crops

A face carved and painted on a totem pole in Duncan, Vancouver Island, British Columbia.

Wooden ritual Ekpo mask, Ogoni; Nigeria; West Africa 20th century

Shangaan Cultural Village, Hazyview, Mpumalanga, South Africa.

Protective Maori Tiki amulet, 19th century. Artist: Unknown

Wooden masks and statues display in a market, Namdaemun Market, Seoul, South Korea

Native American Medicine Man Mask

T'Sasala Dance Group In Big House In Alert Bay B.C., Canada

Figure of Thunderbird, totem pole at shelter in Nuyumbalees Native Garden near Nuyumbalees Cultural Centre, We Wai Kai Nation (Kwakwaka'wakw) in Cape

Carved figure on main pole at marae meeting house, Maori and Colonial Museum, Okains Bay, Banks Peninsula, South Island, New Zealand

Asia, Nepal, Kathmandu Valley. Pigeons cover the stupa at Swayambunath near Kathmandu, a World Heritage Site, Nepal.

Mola textile by Kuna Indian artist, depicting a monster. From the San Blas Archipelago, Panama. Reverse applique design worn on female blouse. 14 x 18 in. A tribal-chief monster.

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Masks For Day Of The Dead Festivities At Xcaret Near Playa Del Carmen. Mexico

Pagoda guardian, Bupaya Pagoda, Bagan, Myanmar, Asia

Thai traditional actor mask

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