death mask
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of death mask
First recorded in 1875–80
Example Sentences
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King Tut was famously discovered with his face sheathed in a gold death mask that weighed over 20 pounds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026
His death mask is held at Moyse Hall and Norwich Castle.
From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2025
“She had the death mask of her mother.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2023
As a Fulbright Scholar, Dawn M. Hunter spent weeks at the Cajal Legacy exhibit, a collection of Santiago Ramn y Cajal’s original works, personal items and death mask at the Cajal Institute in Spain.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 26, 2022
Mike lay on the bed looking like a death mask of himself.
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
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