Although the momentum of the new crown virus has not been as strong as it was at the beginning of the year, masks have become a necessity for people. Do you know? Masks are not the invention of modern people, in fact, the ancients knew how to use masks to "cover" themselves. unbelief? Then read on!
1. Chengdu Sands Gold Mask
One of the many treasures unearthed at the Jinsha Archaeological Site in Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan Province, China. The site flourished in 1000 BC (around the Shang and Zhou dynasties). I wonder who among our ancestors wore this precious pure gold mask?
2. Abram Tribal Yam Mask
The Abelams are from Papua New Guinea in Oceania and are an indigenous people of Melanesia. This 20th-century mask was made from a basket, painted with natural paint, and wearing it seemed to star in Sesame Street.
3. Warrior mask
4. Funeral masks
Masks worn by stilt dancers at the funerals of the Punu and Ashra people in Gabon, Africa, in the 19th or 20th century. Unlike the cheerful shapes we saw before, it looked sad.
5. Gas mask
The earliest gas mask or gas mask in Britain during the First World War, circa 1915. It looks completely devoid of human emotion, as cold as war, and you can't seem to breathe when you wear it.
6. Plague mask
An infectious disease doctor, usually an internist, would wear such a mask as part of a protective suit coated with wax on the surface. The face has glass eye holes and a beak-shaped nose stuffed with various straws and spices. Due to the primitive understanding of the disease at that time (17th century), it was believed that this suit could fully protect the doctor from infectious diseases while caring for the patient. (Hello, Woodpecker Doctor.) ）
Today, Yijun took everyone back to the history of masks. And the "mask" we wear today to prevent the new crown epidemic will become part of history many years later, just like this great "war epidemic".
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