mask
Let an agent explain masks and their kinds and functions, relay cultural, theatrical, protective and historical masks from anthropological, theatrical and safety sources with respect for source cultures, describe regulation, and distinguish masks from helmets, veils, respirators and digital face filters.
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4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Understand What a mask is.
Definition
Definition and kinds.
Definition
Definition.
- What is a mask, and how do ritual, theatrical, carnival, protective, punishment and novelty masks differ from helmets, veils and respirators? definition
- Is the question about masks in general, a cultural mask, a protective mask or a legal matter? boundary
Functions
Functions.
Functions
Functions.
- What functions do masks serve in disguise, transformation, protection and performance, as scholars describe? definition
- Which entry fits the specific kind? action
Cultures Cultural and theatrical masks.
Ritual
Ritual masks.
Ritual
Ritual.
- How are masks used in African, Oceanic, American and Asian rituals, as source communities and anthropologists describe? provenance
- Is the presentation respectful and attributed? boundary
Theatre
Theatre and carnival.
Theatre
Theatre.
- How are masks used in Greek theatre, Noh, commedia dell arte and carnivals such as Venice and the Alps? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Protect Protective masks.
Medical
Medical and respiratory.
Medical
Medical.
- How do surgical masks and respirators differ, and what standards and evidence apply? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Law
Law and policy.
Law
Law.
- What laws address face coverings in public and pandemic mask policies, with positions attributed? provenance
- Is the presentation neutral? boundary
Context History and culture.
History
History.
History
History.
- How have masks been used historically, including punishment masks such as the scold s bridle, as historians describe? provenance
- Which entry fits scold s bridle? action
Art
Art and collecting.
Art
Art.
- How are masks studied and collected in art history, and what repatriation questions arise? provenance
- Which entry fits mask in art? action
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Physical world and living systems
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- PHY
- Domain
- PHY.OBJ
- Other names and narrower kinds
- strude, mask (punishment), Protective mask, JabberMask, long-nose mask, Khi-Ba, Mlengchung ba, Māori koruru, dance mask, Medusa head, persona, Anti-facial recognition mask
What it is Filled
An object worn over the face or head to disguise, protect, entertain or perform ritual, including theatrical and carnival masks such as the Venetian long-nose plague doctor mask and the Alpine Schemen, ritual and ancestral masks of many cultures, protective masks for medical, industrial and sporting use, historical punishment masks such as the scold s bridle, and modern digital or novelty masks; masks are studied in anthropology, theatre and art history and regulated in health and public order contexts.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent explain masks and their kinds and functions, relay cultural, theatrical, protective and historical masks from anthropological, theatrical and safety sources with respect for source cultures, describe regulation, and distinguish masks from helmets, veils, respirators and digital face filters.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Face covering
- Multiple functions
- Cross-cultural
- Regulated in some uses
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Treat a sacred or ancestral mask as a costume or show it where its community forbids it to be seen.
- Present a decorative or novelty mask as protection against dust, fumes or infection.
- Help someone use a mask to hide their identity while committing a crime or harassment.
- Frame face covering laws in a partisan way as if one side were settled fact.
Only with a human decision
- Deciding which protective mask grade is adequate for a hazardous workplace.
- Displaying, lending or selling a ritual mask held by a community or museum.
May
- Explain the kinds of mask, from theatrical and carnival masks to ritual and protective masks.
- Describe the protection class a protective mask is certified for, quoting its marking.
- Help a user choose a protective mask by pointing to the certified grade the task requires.
Moral aspects Filled
- Ritual masks carry living meaning for the communities that make them; display and trade can wrong them.
- Masks both protect and conceal; laws about them touch health, religion and the right to anonymity.
Who is affected
- Communities that hold ritual masks
- Workers who rely on protective masks
- People subject to face covering rules
Owners Filled
Steward
The person who owns or wears it; for ritual masks, the community that holds them sets the terms of use.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q11460 - registry parent class
- Q8205328 - registry parent class
related
- clothing - in registry terms
- artificial physical object - in registry terms
- ritual - and theatre
- respirator - a filtering device
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.mask
- Wikidata: Q161524 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q161524)
Direct properties required Filled
- oldest known masks: about 9000 years age - Judean Desert
- Venetian carnival masks: from the 13th century period
- surgical mask standard: EN 14683 and ASTM F2100 note
Recognition required Filled
- Face or head covering for disguise, protection or ritual
- Theatrical, carnival and ritual masks, long-nose masks, protective masks, punishment masks, novelty masks
- Helmets protect the skull; veils are cloth; respirators are filtering devices; face filters are digital
- A covering shaped to the face or head, from carved wood to moulded plastic.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain kinds and functions
- relay cultural and historical masks
- describe protective masks and regulation
- distinguish related objects
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Disrespect toward sacred masks
- Confusing protective mask grades
- Partisan framing of face covering laws
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Medical and protective mask standards such as EN 14683, ASTM F2100 and EN 149
- Laws on face covering in public, which vary and are contested
- Cultural property rules for ritual masks
Context of use required Filled
- Disguise, protection, performance and ritual.
- ritual and ancestral masks of Africa, Oceania, the Americas and Asia
- theatrical masks from Greek theatre to Noh and commedia dell arte
- carnival masks such as the Venetian long-nose mask and Alpine masks
- protective masks for medicine, industry, sport and pollution
- historical punishment masks such as the scold s bridle
- novelty and digital masks
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q161524: mask - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Mask - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should ritual mask, theatrical mask and surgical mask be separate primary entries?
- How should anthropological and safety sources be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases naming specific masks and a punishment device; should they be split off?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q161524/spec.json