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Mask of a doctor from the Black Plague, now a rather macabre wall decoration.I always found this mask to be fascinating. Wearing it is... well... it feels strange.
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Mask belongs to a close friend.
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i always wanted a plague doctor mask but the good ones are 600$+ and the other are paper mache and still expensive
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Wonderful shot. The shadow/lighting is great. Beautifully creepy-disturbing even, if you read the history.
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Not sure what you mean by 'legit', but... it is an authentic Venetian carnivale mask from one of the higher-end mask shops in Venice.
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Oh, I see. I meant legit as in actually from Plague days.
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The eye sockets stare into your soul T^T I'm too scared to go to sleep now...
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It's okay; it doesn't live under your bed. :3
... it lives in your closet.
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Ohnoes... :c It gonna eat me........ :< [hahaha =] ]
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An acual mask from the plaged era?
Thats quite cool
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it freaks me out. the mask and the words "plauge" and "doctor" together. no offense. great pic. it just scares me...
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I want it! +__+
I love masks in general but plague doctor masks are badass
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gorgeous mask and photo. the plague doctors have intrigued me for a while now. again, love the photo! <3
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It's hard to tell what is more frightening. The plague, or the ones who tried to cure it.
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It's equal...
-shudders- The metal masks are scarier..
The doctors must have been driven insane...
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They used these masks to keep from disease, they stuffed herbs in the mask quite often.
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here's the mask you've partially inspired [link]
I was thinking of having cogs in the brown are, but mutation is good enough, eh?
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hm, I'm going to design a mask based on this, congratulations, you've inspired me.
also, the reason that you feel strange when you wear it MIGHT be because the doctors who wore these masks burned incense in the "beak" of it, so there could be trace amounts in it
or maybe not, but still, it's worth considering
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It's a Carnivale mask, so nothing would have actually been in it...
But wearing the mask is just creepy >.>
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I enjoy the creepy. I'm also starting a mask collection so I wouldn't mind getting one like this
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Ooh, man, that just gives me the shivers to look at...
If you ever are bored, I'm sure a lot of stock photographers would kill for good angles of this - it's just creepy enough to work!
*shivers*
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imagine being down in Mary King's Close..and waking up to see THAT guy!
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My friend bought it in Venice, close to Carnivale I think.
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This picture is amazing.
It conveys a sense of mystery, especially with the sepia tone and the cracks in the mask.
It's beautiful.
Also, what is written on the right side of the mask?
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It reads "Medico della Peste"
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ohh
What does that mean
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It's Italian for "Doctor of the Plague" ^^
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that's cool :]
Again, I love this picture!!!
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Nice mask, I have one as well. I love wearing it, it scares the life out of other people
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It's a very cool decoration though, it's history displayed for all.
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I always wanted that mask. It's so cool and that it was wore during the The Black Death. Watch this video about Halloween and has a character wearing it [link]
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