Hand-painted German Paper Masks, Pink on Pink -- Sold Individually 1922 Measuring tape extends 50 feet

Measuring tape extends 50 feet

which I purchased online from a seller who did not know anything about it--I was just immediately taken with the evocativeness of the portrait

especially the larger sized ones as this is

Nothing fussy or fancy about it

Hand-painted German Paper Masks, Pink on Pink -- Sold Individually 1922 Measuring tape extends 50 feetPretty simple as far as handmade masks go, but quite evocative things I think, and though all more or less the same, to me at least each has its own particular temperament! One finds some similar that were made in Japan, but several others I found these along with are stamped Germany on the reverse, so I believe they are too, and I would guess date to the 1920s 40s or so. Smallish face sized: 5 15 16" t x 4 7 8" wide, measured straight across the back