Facial mask

Mask, grotesque male, wooden

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Mask, grotesque male, wooden
Science Museum Group Collection
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Mask, grotesque male, wooden, possibly worn by victim after torture on way through streets to the scaffold, possibly German, 16th to 18th centuries

Details

Category:
Wellcome (general)
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A636431
Materials:
mask, wood and repair plates, iron
Measurements:
mask: 228 mm x 187 mm x 138 mm, .52 kg
overall (including plinth): 254 mm x 187 mm x 220 mm, 2.34 kg
type:
masks
credit:
Loan, Wellcome Trust