mask
any full or partial face covering, whether ceremonial, protective, decorative, or used as disguise
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Summary
mask ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,572 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- Depicts: face[2]
- Subclass of: clothing[3], artificial physical object[4], work of art[5], archaeological artefact[6]
- Commons category: Masks[7]
- Unicode character: ๐ญ[8]
- Topic's main category: Category:Masks[9]
- Commons gallery: Mask[10]
- Depicted by: Mosaico policromo a cassettoni con Nike e maschere[11]
- Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[12], PaulyโWissowa[13], Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[14], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926โ1947)[15], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[17], Encyclopรฆdia Britannica 11th edition[18], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885โ1890)[19], Internetowa encyklopedia PWN[20], Basque Literature Terms Dictionary[21]
- Different from: Mask[22], Masque[23], Mascara[24], Maska[25], Grima[26], Maschera[27], Q30944057[28]
- Practiced by: mask maker[29]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[30]
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Influence
Things named for mask include masking[31], a human behavior[32]; smile mask syndrome[33]; and prosopite[34], a mineral species[35].
Why It Matters
mask has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] mask is known by 50 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]
Entities named for mask include masking[31], a human behavior[32]; smile mask syndrome[33]; and prosopite[34], a mineral species[35].