the 20th and 21st century, such as Isamaya Ffrench and Damselfrau, create masks as wearable art. Wrestling masks are used most widely in Mexican and Japanese wrestling. A wrestler's mask is usually related to a wrestler's persona (for example, a wrestler known as 'The Panda' might wear a mask with a panda's facial markings). Often, wrestlers will put their masks on the line against other wrestlers' masks, titles or an opponent's hair. While in Mexico and Japan, masks are a sign of tradition, they are looked down upon in the United States and Canada. Several bands and performers, notably members of the groups Slipknot, Mental Creepers and Gwar, and the guitarist Buckethead, wear masks when they perform on stage. Several other groups, including Kiss, Alice Cooper, and Dimmu Borgir simulate the effect with facepaint. Hollywood Undead also wears masks but often remove them mid-performance. Leather-working, steampunk, and other methods and themes are occasionally used to create artisanal gas masks. In works of fiction Masks have been used in many horror films to conceal the identities of the killer. Notable examples include Jason Voorhees of the Friday the 13th series, Jigsaw Killer from Saw, Ghostface of the Scream series, and Michael Myers of the Halloween series. Other types A "buccal mask" is a mask that covers only the cheeks (hence the adjective "buccal") and mouth. A death mask is a mask either cast from or applied to the face of a recently deceased person. A "facial" (short for facial mask) is a temporary mask, not solid, used in cosmetics or as therapy for skin treatment. A "life mask" is a plaster cast of a face, used as a model for making a painting or sculpture. An animal roleplay mask is used for people to create a more animal-like image in fetish role play. Gallery See also Anti-mask law Character mask Pareidolia Domino mask Face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic Notes References Further reading Hungarian translation of Rasmussen 1926. Sivin, Carole (1986). "Maskmaking". Worcester, Massachusetts, USA: Davis Publications, Inc. Wilsher, Toby, "The Mask Handbook – A Practical Guide", Routledge 2007, www.routledge.com External links Ritual, Masks, and Sacrifice The Noh Mask Effect: A Facial Expression Illusion Mask Makers of Mas, Bali Smithsonian Institution African Mask Links Virtual Museum of Death Mask Gallery of Masks from Around the World Costa Rica Traditional Face Mask African clothing