mail_outline [email protected]
Obby Oss Mask, Padstow, Cornwall, EnglandMasks such as these are used in the Padstow Obby Oss May Day celebrations. It is worn during a dance that celebrates the coming of Spring
Mende Sowei Mask, Sierra Leone, West AfricaWomen of the female-only secret society (Sande) of Western Africa used these carved, wooden, masks for initiation ceremonies, marking a womans transition from child to adulthood
Knill ceremony, Knills Monument, St Ives, Cornwall. 25th July 1981The Mayor at the Knill ceremony with spectators in the foreground. John Knill was born in Callington on 1st January 1733 and worked as a collector of Customs in St Ives between 1762 and 1782
Giant Pasty, Fowey, Cornwall. August 1992A giant pasty has been a feature of Fowey Regatta Week since the 1960s. It was made by Tony Minalls bakery in Polruan, and brought over the harbour by Fowey Town Band on one of the harbour tugs