Death masks — made out of a wax or plaster cast put on a dead person's face — have long been part of human history. Below, morgue workers make a death mask of notorious Depression-era gangster ...

Most death masks are cast as soon as possible, before decay distorts features and makes applying plaster a slippery proposition. Henry IV, on the other hand, had been dead for nearly 200 years ...

During the second part of the program, the young men made plaster masks of their own faces and wrote their words on the masks. One mask shows words they project to the outside world.

GULDENSUPPE DEATH MASK; Fragments of Plaster Cast Found Which May Have Inclosed the Murdered Man's Head. IN A POOL AT WOODSIDE A Little Girl Discovered Them in a Swamp Near the Cottage Where the ...

Back on the island of Saint Helena, the two doctors still needed to make Napoleon's death mask – and they still couldn't find any fresh plaster. But the pair had a couple of backup ideas.

During the second part of the program, the young men made plaster masks of their own faces and wrote their words on the masks. One mask shows words they project to the outside world.

Artisan William Luna creates a mask as Bolivia celebrates the Day of the Dead with tantawawa bread adorned with plaster masks of loved ones’ faces in La Paz, Bolivia, Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024.