As far back as the late 20s my great uncle Sal was making these bizarre masks he actually made masks his entire life until his death in 1995 he sold a lot to traveling carnivals Broadway plays there are some special ones that he used in his mind reading act and hypnotizing people and they were always used in backgrounds In his photography Studios some of the giant ones are 2 1/2 feet tall and have some special ingredients in the papier-mâché mix Haitian voodoo dust, pyramid scrapings from Egypt, secret potions from around the world there’s also a bunch of other stuff I won’t talk about right now, in 2002 I inherited 110 of them i used a lot of them in my photography Studios they do have special powers, beside New York, New Jersey and Key West Florida there’s a bunch them Sal, if you walk in to Captain Tony’s Saloon in Key West you’ll see one hanging in the pool room there was originally 15 of them made above the bar in Sal‘s mask photography studio Right now Lisa and I