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Floating Mask

One way to indicate a Mask of Power is having it float. Sometimes, it means that the mask itself is sentient.

Note: That doesn't include masks which float with other items due to Selective Gravity.

The voodoo masks in The Princess and the Frog, which represent The Friends On The Other Side.
- Also, the Hell Gate the Friends on the Other Side use to drag Doctor "the Shadow Man" Facilier into the Other Side at the end of the film, which resembles a larger voodoo mask.
The masks representing the ancestral kings of Atlantis in Atlantis: The Lost Empire float and spin around the crystal that gives Atlantis its life.
- Also, at the end of the film, a new mask, representing the now deceased King Kashekim Nedakh is actually constructed by his daughter and son-in-law upon becoming the new rulers of Atlantis, which then floats away into the sky to join the other masks representing the dead kings of Atlantis.
- And for some reason, the queens never get floating masks.

Super Mario Bros. 2: Phanto, which pursue your character if you are holding a key.
Aku-Aku and Uka-Uka in Crash Bandicoot. Though a variation exists that they make the player invincible when worn.
The Legend Of Zelda Majoras Mask: Near the end of the game, the titular mask discards the Skull Kid and begins floating around on its own.
- Jalhalla from The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker seems to be this and uses a swarm of Poes to create a body.
Sly Cooper 3: the Mask of Dark Earth
Banished Pantheon spirits in City of Heroes manifest as floating masks.
Vector Strong Bad from Strong Bad Zone. "Your Heada Splode!"
Yamask from Pokemon Black And White, which is a ghost connected to a mask, the former of which can turn invisible.

Tarakudo, the Big Bad of Season 4 of Jackie Chan Adventures.
An episode of Aladdin was actually about Princess Jasmine buying an evil floating mask at a bazaar.
One episode of The Simpsons was about Homer and Ned building a Bible-themed amusement park, with their main attraction being a floating mask representing Ned's late wife Maude. Unfortunately, it turns out that the mask is kept afloat by a leaking gas pipe, and their amusement park is shut down for that reason.