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I saw a home that had metal face "Masks" on the trees & was told they keep bad spirits away. Name for these?
These were very cool pieces of folk like art and now that I have a home with many trees,would love to find out more about them and where to obtain said masks. Thanks for any and all help.
Congratulations on your new home 
I have searched and searched for you but can find no reference to metal masks.
The closest I can come up with is the Native American Spirit Masks.
Hanging home made faces or items around the house to ward off bad spirits is a very common practice in many cultures. The Natives have their Spirit Masks, Pennsylvanian Dutch have their painted Hex designs, carved wooden masks are popular in Bali it seems and the europeans can have Witch Balls (old glass fishing floats filled with all manner of things)
I would suggest that the house you saw had some people of whichever culture that liked these things and they made them themselves.
It's a lovely practice (I myself have Witch Balls hung in various places around my house and garden) and works much better if you make the things yourself.
The thinking behind the masks is that the evil spirits will be afraid of the face (which is why so many of these masks are quite frightening looking)
The thinking behind the Hex signs and the witch balls is that the item does the protecting due to the design (hex signs) or contents and intent of the maker of the witch balls.
Good luck, you may be able to find masks in some craft shops in your area, or comission someone to make you some if you so wish.
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Guatemalan Jaguar Mask Mayan Folk Art Guatemala Maya $24.95 |
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OWO SNAKE~Hand-carved Wood MASK~AFRICAN Folk ART $62.95 |
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MEXICAN FOLK MASKS. Mexican Folk Art Book. $74.00 |
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Chinese Art & Culture / Chinese Opera - Chinese Opera Mask / Tibetan Opera Mask $29.98 Tibetan Opera Mask: There are two types of facial make-up in Tibetan operas. One is painting on faces, and the other is wearing masks. The mask, called "ba" in Tibetan language, is a unique facial make-up in Tibetan opera art. Its birth leads the ancient mask art of Tibetan opera from mysterious religious world to new and wide art paradise. The mask contains Wenba mask (fishermen or hunters mask),... |
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Folk & Fairy Tale Masks: Little Red Hen by Teacher's Friend Build Early Reading & Fluency Skills! Plastic Coated for Durability! 4 heavy-duty full color die-cut masks on a wooden handle with a reproducible script for a student play. No other costumes or makeup are necessary to produce these complete classroom plays of well known fairy tails. Shy students feel safe playing a part behind one of the delightful masks. The experience of the play reinforces all... |
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Folk & Fairy Tale Masks: Cinderella by Teacher's Friend Build Early Reading & Fluency Skills! Plastic Coated for Durability! 4 heavy-duty full color die-cut masks on a wooden handle with a reproducible script for a student play. No other costumes or makeup are necessary to produce these complete classroom plays of well known fairy tails. Shy students feel safe playing a part behind one of the delightful masks. The experience of the play reinforces all ... |
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Folk & Fairy Tale Masks: Three Little Pigs by Teacher's Friend Build Early Reading & Fluency Skills! Plastic Coated for Durability! Four heavy-duty full color die-cut masks on wooden handles with a reproducible script for a student play. No other costumes or makeup are necessary to produce this complete classroom play of a well known fairy tale. Shy students feel safe playing a part behind one of the delightful masks. The experience of the play promotes self-... |
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African Masks: From the Barbier-Mueller Collection (Art Flexi Series) $11.95 Now available in a flexi edition, this beautiful volume presents nearly 250 of the finest African masks from the incomparable Barbier-Mueller collection, which is unique in its vast number of masterpieces and wide geographic scope. The book includes one hundred color plates accompanied by in-depth descriptions, as well as numerous black-and-white photographs of the masks as they are u... |
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Spirit Faces: Contemporary Masks of the Northwest Coast $18.94 ... |
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