wood and clay
the African headdress
Most African masks were worn and made in the early 250-400 a.d. in Africa.
Traditional Venetian masks are made of papier mache. Imitations can be made of plaster, porcelain or plastic.
Masks can be made of lots of different materials but they are mostly made of:Beads (glass, plastic, clay, wood, etc...)WoodGrass or strawLeatherFabric or clothMetalString or twineThese are the answers i got when i had to research masks.
African masks originated in Africa to be used in weddings and other special events. They were often very colorful and were made of wood.
The traditional tool used to make an African mask is an Adze but the fine details carved in the mask are done by a variety of small knives.
They could be made of clay, dry lacquer, cloth, paper and/or wood
could you tell me what was African masks used for.
Mainly gold with insets of other materials
Mexican masks are composed of Horse semen, chihuahua hair and a dash of pig testicles.
No. Surrealism is an art movement that originated in Europe in the 1920s. It took a great deal of inspiration from African art, notably masks, as the cubists had done before them. However, most African masks had been made a long time before the 1920s, and any that appeared after would have been part of the African art tradition rather than the surrealist one. So it doesn't make sense to call African masks 'surrealist'.
African tribal masks were found by early 1800's pioneers and archaeologists. They often collected the masks of sold them for profit.