A death mask was traditionally made of monarchs and wealthy figures using wax or plaster moulded around the person's real face after they had passed away. Documents have shown that they were used ...

This is a plaster cast of Cromwell's wax death mask, made after the Lord Protector's death in 1658 (the Wax death mask can be seen in the British Museum). A controversial figure to many Cromwell ...

When further inspection of the locker's contents reveals plaster "death masks," and one of those masks perfectly matches the dead woman's visage, Jennifer's "inner sleuth" kicks into overdrive as ...

It is made of cartonnage, layers of linen and papyrus, stiffened with plaster ... death in 1968, when it and other Egyptian objects were left to The Royal Pump Room Museum in Harrogate. This mask ...