The most terrible ways to hide the face

Ever since man invented clothes, he always tried to cover up the face. The reasons for this were different each time - from functional and useful to mocking and even funny. Today, some of these masks is impossible to look at without the unpleasant feeling of fear caused by their purpose, and sometimes just appearance.

We found 10 of the most terrible things that man has ever put on the face, and told in detail what made him do it.

Mask Samurai

So-called "menpo", or simply a mask for protection, Samurai covered person directly before the fight. In addition to its main function, it has performed and supportive role for quite a heavy warrior's helmet.

Mask Tank Crew of World War

For the first time these masks were used British Army at the Battle of Cambrai in 1917. Their task was to protect the face tankers in which through the recess in the armor flying shrapnel and ricochet fragments.

murmillo mask

One of the most heavily armed gladiators in ancient Rome were murmillo, had in his 15-pound outfit is also a massive helmet. A distinctive feature of it had big holes for the eyes, protected by a large grid, which did not give cause a fatal wound trident or sword.

plague doctor mask

This mask with the rest no less creepy outfit doctor the plague was designed in Paris in 1619. Long beak served as a repository for aromatic herbs and flowers, as people believed that the disease spreads through the odors of decaying flesh, everywhere in the air.

Bridle witch

One of the forms of public punishment for women in England and Scotland XVI-XVII centuries was wearing such a mask with a vise for the language. This "volume control" was designed for noisy and habalistyh persons, sometimes even suspected of witchcraft, but apparently not enough to just send them to the stake.

Bag-hood

This method of hiding a person has been used in one of Australia's most famous prison, which functioned in Melbourne from 1842 to 1929. The most dangerous criminals are kept in solitary confinement for 23 hours a day, and at the time of one-hour walks in the yard to be displayed in the caps of coarse cloth, which prevented them from communicating with each other.

Mask mud eaters

There are mud to temporarily lose efficiency or even commit suicide for African slaves was common practice. Losing the money off the owners do not come up with anything better than to wear a mask on the rebels, which prevented the handfuls of earth there.

Mask Mickey Mouse

Fearing launched a massive gas attacks after Pearl Harbor, the US military suddenly found out that gas masks for adult children severely high. When you create a scaled down version of the protection with the permission of Disney image was taken of the cult cartoon characters Mickey Mouse. The only party of the 1,000 samples, each of which was supposed to make a game element in the protection process is now disassembled for collection as one of the worst interpretations of the mouse.

Halloween Masks early XX century

guise

These completely black mask, in which, moreover, it was very hard to talk to a woman of the XVI century put quite voluntarily. The purpose of these "masks" was to protect the snow-white skin from the sun's rays, which gave her a plebeian tan.