Update: As CoastConFan points out in the comments this is an actual historical artifact. This isn't the first time I thought something was a prop when it was the real thing. In my defense, Mr. Green's horror work has been featured here quite a few times.
There is a Wikipedia article on Alexander Peden with another image of the mask http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Peden
ReplyDeleteThe article calls it a cloth mask, but the very high resolution photo appended to the articles appears to be leather. Also note the red yard rim on the eyes and the simulated mouth wound and blood dripping down http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6e/Alexander_Peden_mask_dsc05516.jpg
I knew nothing of this person or the mask until you posted this – many thanks for posting. Just remember, “It puts the lotion on it’s skin / or it gets the hose again”.
Would more pictures be useful? The mask is in the museum just up the road from me...
ReplyDeleteNik Strychnine
No need for a defense, presented as it was originally, it certainly looked like an excellent prop. The fact that it is real only goes to show that sometimes reality mimics movies, rather than the other way around. This is rather the inverse of vampire hunting kits. I would be as pleased as anybody to find they truly existed.
ReplyDeleteIn the actual props catagory, this reminds me of a mask I made a few years ago for a rawhide chew toy purchased at the dollar store
ReplyDeletehere's a pic if you're interested.
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151120505148105&set=pb.620183104.-2207520000.1353663351&type=3&theater