Help on history of mask?

Question

1...how old are the oldest known masks?

2...what culture are these masks from?

3...the word mask literally means?

4...describe how the Egyptian culture used masks?

5...describe how the Greek culture used masks?

6...describe how the chinese culture used masks?

7...describe how the japanese culture used masks?

8...describe how the African culture used masks?

9...describe how the Eskimo culture used masks?

10...describe how the Mexican culture used masks?

11...describe how the Native A,merican Indian culture used masks?

12...describe how the Aztec culture used masks?

Answer 1

"The word mask came via French masque and either Italian maschera or Spanish máscara. Possible ancestors are Latin (not classical) mascus, masca = "ghost", and Arabic maskharah = "jester", "man in masquerade"."

"The 5000-year-old Sumerian mask of Warka is believed to be the oldest surviving mask. Looted from the Iraqi National Museum in Baghdad, it was recovered in 2003."

"Contents"

"1 Ritual and theatre
2 Masks in Contemporary Theatre
3 Ritual Masks
4 African Masks
5 The Masks of Oceania
6 North American masks
7 South and Central American masks
8 Asian masks
8.1 India/Sri Lanka/Indo-China/Indonesia
8.2 Japan
9 European masks
10 Utilitarian masks
11 Masks to prevent recognition
12 Protective
12.1 Types of protective masks
13 Punitive
14 Fashion
15 Other types
16 See also
17 References
18 Notes
19 External links "

See : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mask

Answer 2

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