Definition of "death-mask" []

• A mask, usually of plaster, taken from a person's face after death. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Against the shadow of the doorway, his skin was almost translucently white, and his eyes bulged out of a horrific visage, a death-mask of hollow cheeks and taut, fleshless lips."
• "They'd see the death-mask faces I'd make while playing the drums, and I've always put on costumes and"
• "You can have a regular casket, or Summum's artists will take a death-mask and create a hand-made mummiform [outer shell] to fit your exact form, either in the Egyptian style or whatever asthetic or religious style you prefer."