922 – Mask with Antlers
- Physical description:
- Mask with antlers and green leaves on greyish-brown face. Made by John Seabrook, commissioned and owned by Chris Gosselin.
- Museum classification:
- Horned God
- Size:
- 500 x 450 x 300 mm
- Information:
Horned masks are often worn by modern witches during ritual in which the High Priest will assume the role of the Horned God.
This robe and horned mask belonged to the late Chris Gosselin and were often used in ritual.
The mask was made in papier-mâche by ritual mask maker John Seabrook. Chris Gosselin, who wanted a Horned God Green Man mask, commissioned it from him; although it has since been repainted. The antlers are modelled on fallow deer antlers. According to John Seabrook the mask was mainly used in Beltane rituals. There is another of John's masks in the Swiss witchcraft museum Hexenmuseum Schweiz.
See robe 1010, also 1700 & 1701.- Resource:
- Object
- Materials:
- Cardboard etc
- Copyright ownership:
- John Seabrook
Horned masks are often worn by modern witches during ritual in which the High Priest will assume the role of the Horned God.
This robe and horned mask belonged to the late Chris Gosselin and were often used in ritual.
The mask was made in papier-mâche by ritual mask maker John Seabrook. Chris Gosselin, who wanted a Horned God Green Man mask, commissioned it from him; although it has since been repainted. The antlers are modelled on fallow deer antlers. According to John Seabrook the mask was mainly used in Beltane rituals. There is another of John's masks in the Swiss witchcraft museum Hexenmuseum Schweiz.
See robe 1010, also 1700 & 1701.