Nuo masks

Name: Nuo mask

Material: Wood

Specification: 28cm * 42cm

Origin: China

Nuo masks in Bin area and Nuo culture originated from the primitive society, thrived in the periods of Shang and Zhou Dynasties, came into mature fruition in the Nuo rite of Grandfather Zhou. The Nuo masks in Bin area preserved intact the abundant primitive totem culture and ancient customs, and also kept the system of ancient Chinese’s philosophies, aesthetics and plastic arts. They are deemed as “deity’s faces and mankind’s characters” by scholars and named as “the living fossil of China’s drama masks” by experts in this field.