Mask

Object/Artifact

Trimontium Museum

Name/Title

Mask

Entry/Object ID

TT0123

Description

Replica of the Newstead visor face mask from Pit 57, commissioned by James Curle.

Use

This face mask would have been used for parades.

Collection

Trimontium Trust

Acquisition

Source (if not Accessioned)

B. Linehan

Notes

Donated by B. Linehan 01/11/1991

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Continent

Europe

Culture/Tribe

Roman

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Replica

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Reproduction

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Getty AAT

Concept

replicas, face masks

Material

Metal

Color

Brown

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

James Curle

Web Links and URLs

Roman parade mask found during Curle's excavation in the care of National Museums Scotland of which this artefact is a replica., The Romans in Scotland: highlight objects (NMS)

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Donated by B. Linehan

Place

Location

Melrose

Country

Scotland

* Untyped Place

United Kingdom

Acquisition Method

Donation

Acquisition Date

11/1/1991

Exhibition

Permanent Exhibition

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

Exhibition Caption

Label

Curle had this copy of the bronze mask from Pit 57 made for himself and he kept it on his desk for the rest of his life. The original (now on display in the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh) was fitted to a bronze or steel parade helmet