Unspecified / before 1961
Baseball catcher's mask
The Smithsonian catalogs Baseball catcher's mask as mask, catcher's in its Sports records.
Birdcage style baseball catcher's mask. Mask has a metal wire face by mask attached to leather pads at temple, cheeks and chin. Elastic strap at back is intended to hold the mask on the player's head.
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The Smithsonian lists the object under Sports and dates it before 1961.
Birdcage style baseball catcher's mask. Mask has a metal wire face by mask attached to leather pads at temple, cheeks and chin. Elastic strap at back is intended to hold the mask on the player's head.
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Smithsonian InstitutionBaseball catcher's maskOriginal explanation based on the sources above. Images carry their own reuse terms.