Mask
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A mask is a type of clothing that someone can use to hide their face.
[change] Uses
There are many reasons why people use masks. A person can use masks to make it so that others do not know who they are (like when a robber steals from a bank) or use it to keep someones face safe from harm (like a gas mask to make it so that harmful gases do not get into your body).
[change] Origin
The word "mask" might have came from other languages. "Mask" might have came from the French word masque, the Italian word maschera, the Spanish word máscara, the Latin (not classical) word mascus/masca (meaning "ghost") or the Arabic word maskharah (meaning "jester" or "man in masquerade").
The oldest mask found is the Mask of Warka. It is about five thousand years old.
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