Masking the truth or Masking something else.....

As I mentioned in class, I've decided to write my next paper on the topic of Masks. More specifically, how the idea of masks are used in Joe Hill's short story "My Father's Mask." To begin, I read through the story paying special attention to details and recorded every instance when a new mask was mentioned/introduced. I want to focus on exploring the background of those masks that were specifically mentioned and make any connections I can to the storyline itself. Here's my list as of late:
"One had whiskers and glittery spackle on it and would make the wearer look like a jeweled mouse" (246).
"..rich black velvet...for a courtesan on her way to an Edwardian masquerade" (246).
"...crimson mask...with a hooked beak and feathers around the eyes--just the thing to wear if you had been cast as the Red Death in an Edgar Allen Poe revival" (246).
"...distorted by clear plastic, and looked like a man's face molded out of an impossibly thin piece of ice"(246).
"half-face mask...made of green silk leaves, sewn together and ornamented with emerald sequins"(248).
"black kitten mask, edged in rhinestones, and with glistening whiskers..."(249).
"Very Dionysian. Very Pan" (251) [description for the mask made of green silk leaves]
"black sequined mask, with a fan of strich feathers standing up from one side" (255).
"smooth plastic mask the color of milk" (255).

Here were some of the observations I made about this list:
As far as masks, there were references to masquerade ball, Edgar Allen Poe's "The Masque of the Red Death," Greek mythology gods, and other animal references.