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life mask

American  

noun

  1. a cast of the face of a living person.


life mask British  

noun

  1. a cast taken from the face of a living person, usually using plaster of Paris

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The masks were sculpted over Hawke’s life mask in clay and then a mold was made.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2022

Even the life mask at the National Portrait Gallery is a 1917 rendering from Volk's 1860 cast, which is kept at the National Museum of American History in Washington.

From BBC ● Apr. 14, 2015

A replica of a life mask cast from the features of William Blake.

From New York Times ● Oct. 14, 2011

They were making a life mask with a purpose.

From Washington Post

He agrees to sit for a plaster "life" mask.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman

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