头和颜面是人身体的特殊部位。由于表达情感、态度的五官集中于其上,而且又处于人的平行视线中,所以头或脸是人体最受关注的部分。仅以其“头”或“首”的称谓便可说明它被重视的程度。面具,无疑是颜面的替代物。但是,萨满面具并不是简单地复制人的面形,而是在巫仪中充当人神交往的工具和媒介。使用的场合不同,它所代表的对象也不同,有时以动物、图腾、祖先、英雄出现,有时又表现着精灵、鬼神、神祗等,是萨满一种重要的法器,具有神秘的原始宗教意义。 Head and face are special parts of the body. Because of the expression of emotion, attitude and focus on its facial features, but also in the parallel line of sight of people, so the head or face is the most concern part of the body. Only its “head ” or “first ” appellation can explain its degree of attention. Mask is undoubtedly a substitute for the face. However, the shaman masks do not simply reproduce the person’s face, but act as a tool and medium for the interaction between people and gods in the witchcraft. Different occasions, it represents the object is also different, and sometimes animals, totems, ancestors, heroes appear, and sometimes the performance of the wizard, ghosts, gods, etc., is an important shaman, with the mysterious primitive Religious significance.