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Making of a Death Mask 2

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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

• Support as nominator --AutoGyro (talk) 22:09, 28 January 2011 (UTC)
• Support The quality is about as good as it goes for the era. This image is clearly eye-catching. I like the sepia tone, which helps to convey the age. Greg L (talk) 22:50, 28 January 2011 (UTC)
• Support. Captivating, informative. NauticaShades 14:00, 29 January 2011 (UTC)
• Support - though I do find it rather creepy. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 21:21, 31 January 2011 (UTC)
• Oppose - Althuogh this is a good image if you look closely at it there are some defects. Also based on comments I have seen in the past the image is displayed in a prominant way on the article as a Featured image should be. --Kumioko (talk) 15:19, 1 February 2011 (UTC)
  • Would you mind pointing out these defects? Do you mean the negative scratches? Also, I'm not sure I understand your second sentence. NauticaShades 11:37, 4 February 2011 (UTC)
• Weak oppose. I am not convinced that this is the strongest illustration of the procedure. Yes, it is useful, but I do not feel it is featured quality. J Milburn (talk) 23:45, 2 February 2011 (UTC)
• Support per above-- ♫Greatorangepumpkin♫ T 10:22, 7 February 2011 (UTC)

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