Transformation Mask


In Vancouver, Canada, we visited the top of Grouse Mountain, which overlooks the city in a splendid view. Part of the exhibits there was a small show which talked about the local native culture, and the fashioning of a modern transformation mask by a descendent of that tribe. The mask is hinged and opens to reveal a second mask inside, hence the transformation or becoming.

Photograph by Kevin Chen, 1992-1995.
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