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22K views · 2.7K reactions | “Death masks are casts of a deceased person’s face and head, typically made from plaster or wax. They have been used since ancient Egypt as models for sculptures and portraits, to aid in physiognomy studies, and to help identify bodies.”-Wikipedia #fyp #CapCut #truefacts #facts #coolfacts #crazyfacts #morbidfacts #deathmask #history #historic #historicfigures #artifacts #checkthisout #rip #didyouknow #historyfacts | Grace Goodnight | Facebook

Delve into the macabre for Halloween 🎃 This intriguing object is a death mask – a plaster cast of a head made after death. This one is the head of the French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. The story of the artefact is almost as fascinating as the man himself. A popular item in the 19th century, death masks were a likeness of a person’s face after their death – usually by taking a cast or impression from the corpse. During the 1800s, they began to be collected as curiosities or for scientific purpo