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Shameful mask (Schandmaske)
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Shameful mask (Schandmaske), Germany, 19th century. Used in Western Europe as a punishment for petty crimes and misconduct. Initially, a mask of shame was put on grumpy wives, on women convicted of rudeness in a public place. The mask was a metal structure worn and fixed on the head.