Many of the masks in the gallery were intended as death masks. Imagine the masks as separated from their spirit. Maybe the spirits of the dead now restlessly haunt the museum.

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Many of the masks in the gallery were intended as death masks. Imagine the masks as separated from their spirit. Maybe the spirits of the dead now restlessly haunt the museum.

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