Metropolitan Museum of Art Book of Masks

by Heather Simmons, Miriam Berman, Olivier Charbonnel

Book Overview

Here are some of the most spectacular masks from the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art: a fierce samurai mask, a toothy Nigerian mask, an eerie skull mask from Papua New Guinea, a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0789424541
• ISBN13: 9780789424549
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
• Length: 10 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 9.1" x 12.4"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

Customer Reviews

Wonderful History/Art Book for Kids

Almost all children's books are overpriced, IMHO. However, this neat book is not a dud! There are FIVE masks with history of the country and time of the mask, color photos of artifacts from the era, AND the child can slip the mask out of its holder and wear it. Each mask has an elastic "string" attached for holding the mask on. Then just slip the mask back in the book and it becomes a pop-up again. Featured: Colombia, New Guinea, Nigeria, Europe (Knight's mask), and Feudal Japan. Neat!