Add to albumThis shows the right profile of the face-mask and wig used by Alexander Peden, a Covenanting minister from Ayrshire. Peden used the face-mask and wig as a disguise when preaching at 'conventicles' - illegal outdoor services.
The leather mask would have been tied round the face. A couple of wooden false teeth can be seen protruding from the open mouth.
After he left the new Episcopalian Scottish Church, Peden became a Covenanter and spent the rest of his life on the run from government troops. As a Covenanter he upheld the National Covenant and believed that God was the head of the Church, not the King.
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- Online ID: 000-190-000-836-C
- Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
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National Museums Scotland
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- Ref: National Museums Scotland H.NT 240
- Date: 1670s and 1680s
Around 1670
c. 1660 - 1670
- Material: Leather; fabric, dark red and brown; hair; feathers, brown; wood
Linen; hair
Mask / face, false
Wig
- Dimensions: 235 mm H x 260 mm W
458 mm L x 250 mm Dia
- What: Mask / face, false
Wig
- Subject:
- Who: Reverend Alexander Peden (Owner)
Reverend Alexander Peden (Owner)
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- Description: Face mask made of leather, roughly oval, worn by Alexander Peden, a covenanting minister, c. 1670s - 1680s
Wig with a base of coarse knotted linen net to which the hair, now lacking on the crown, is attached, worn by Alexander Peden, a covenanting minister, c. 1670s - 1680s
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