Mask / face, false

Description

Face mask made of leather, roughly oval, worn with a wig by Alexander Peden, a covenanting minister, c. 1670s - 1680s

Museum reference

H.NT 239

Collection

Society

Object name

Mask / face, false

Date

c. 1660 - 1670

Materials

Leather, Linen, Wood, Hair, Feather

Physical description

Leather; fabric, dark red and brown; hair; feathers, brown; wood

Associations

Previous owner: Reverend Alexander Peden
Ayrshire, Scotland, Northern Europe

Exhibitions

• Future Museum (01 Jun 2007)
  World Wide Web

• 26 Treasures in the National Museum of Scotland (01 Dec 2011 - 29 Jan 2012)
  World Wide Web

References

Kilmarnock Journal, 17 August 1848, 4c

Calder, J. (ed). The Wealth of a Nation. Edinburgh & Glasgow: NMS & Drew, 1989

Links to other web pages

Collection Story

Future Museum

On display

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