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Original - Death masks are wax or plaster replicas of a person's face made after the person's death. Here, two workers, circa 1908, use plaster to create a mold of the deceased person's face. This mold will then be used make the death mask.
Reason
the original image was nominated back in August, but by the time an adequate restoration was made, the voting time had lapsed with consensus for promotion but no clear consensus on which version to promote. This is a nomination for the last restoration of the image. The original reason from the August nomination stated: great historic image from 1908 showing how death masks are made. It has great EV. I, for one, did not know how they are made. How is the dead body handled? Do they apply plaster on the body as it's lying down? etc. The high res of this image, the historical significance, and the fact that it's the only image in the article showing how death masks are made are the top reasons why this should be a featured pic
Articles in which this image appears
Death mask
FP category for this image
Culture, entertainment and lifestyle
Creator
Bain News Service, originally uploaded by Howcheng, restoration by AutoGyro

Promoted File:Making_Death_Mask_Edit_4.jpg --Makeemlighter (talk) 17:40, 7 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]