Facial mask
- Made:
- 1501-1800
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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:
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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
