A domino mask is a small, often rounded mask covering only the area around the eyes and the space between them. The masks have seen special prevalence since the 18th century, when they became traditional wear in particular local manifestations of Carnival, particularly with Venetian Carnival. Domino masks have found their way into a variety of high and popular art forms.
A gas mask is a mask put on over the face to protect the wearer from inhaling airborne pollutants and toxic gases. Some gas masks are also respirators, though the term is often used to refer to military equipment.
A noh mask is a mask used in noh, a major form of classical Japanese dance-drama that has been performed since the 14th century. In noh, emotions are primarily conveyed by stylized conventional gestures, while the iconic masks, carved from blocks of Japanese cypress and painted with natural pigments on a neutral base of glue and crunched seashell, represent the characters' gender, age, and social ... [more]
A plague doctor mask is a bird-like beak mask. Originally, the mask was part of the clothing worn the so-called plague doctors, 17th-19th centuries physicians who were employed to treat the bubonic plague but served mostly to record the number of dead for demographic purposes. The clothing included a bird-like beak mask, often filled with sweet- or strong-smelling substances (commonly lavender) to... [more]
A surgical mask, medical mask or procedure mask is a mask worn by health professionals during surgery and nursing to catch the bacteria or viruses shed in liquid droplets and aerosols from the wearer's mouth and nose. They are not designed to protect the wearer from inhaling airborne bacteria or viruses and, while their filtering properties prevent the breathing in of airborne dust particles, they are less effective than respirators.
A wrestling mask is a fabric-based mask that some professional wrestlers wear as part of their in-ring persona or gimmick. Professional wrestlers have been using masks as far back as 1915 and they are still widely used today, especially in Mexican lucha libre.
