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An Iron 'scolds bridle' mask used to publicaly humiliate
A Belgian Iron 'scolds bridle' or 'branks' mask, with bell, used to publicly humiliate and punish, mainly women, for speaking out against authority, nagging, brawling with neighbours, blaspheming or lying.
Subject
- Mask
- Transgression
- Mask
Subject
- Mask
- Transgression
- Mask
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Rights
- Credit: Wellcome Collection
Source
- L0035594
Identifier
- L0035594
- Museum No A138325
- xhsmg7xd
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2019-06-09T12:03:20.292Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2019-06-09T12:03:20.292Z