death mask

Noun

Meaning

a cast taken from the face of a dead person

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

skeletal helmet bone cap bone helmet corpse cap eternal mask eternity mask passing mask remembrance mask soul mask legacy mask memoriam mask repose mask sorrow mask ancestral mask corpse helmet
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Hypernyms

cast casting

Examples

A plaster death mask was also made. Source: Internet

Bronze casts made in 1990 from plaster death mask and plaster casts of his hands clearly show a normal right hand and a withered left hand. citation He could be charming and polite, mainly towards visiting statesmen. Source: Internet

Chicago Daily Tribune, 7-15-34 through 8-1-34 movie section A Dillinger death mask made from an original mold, and eyebrow hair, on display at the Crime Museum in Washington, D.C. Note the bullet exit mark below the right eye. Source: Internet

In Cats", featuring pictures of a cat in various stages of Jesus 's life, and the Elvis Presley Dambusters Clock Plate of Tutankhamun, a clock featuring Elvis in the style of Tutankhamun 's death mask in addition to Avro Lancaster bomber planes. Source: Internet

Wonderful as the paintings are, the portrait that fascinated me most, in a creepy kind of way, was a cast of the death mask of Lorenzo de’ Medici. Source: Internet

Death and posthumous execution seeAlso Oliver Cromwell's death mask at Warwick Castle Cromwell is thought to have suffered from malaria and from " stone ", a common term for urinary kidney infections. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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