A German mask of disgrace,16th/17th iron with remnants of colour faceplate with openings for eyes,mouth,and tongue sticking far out with a large spiked mouth plate on the other ,hinged head and neckbands with side mounted closing exterior is decorated with fine incised quadrangular spikes on the inside of the 27 masks were punishment for those pilloried for malicious tales and Schild,Die Geschichte der Gerichtsbarkeit,,Additional-Rights-Clearences-Not Available

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Keywords: 17th, 18th, century, clipping, clippings, colour, cut, cut-, cut-outs, device, devices, disgrace, finish., forged, german, instrument, instruments, iron, mask, masks, object, objects, people, remnants, stills, torture