This is the death mask of a young woman who drowned in the River Seine
in the 1880s. As was customary in those days, her corpse was put on
display in the Paris mortuary, in the hope that someone might
recognize her and claim her body. The pathologist on duty became
entranced by the girl with the enigmatic half-smile, and so he
commissioned a plaster cast made of her face. This mask was replicated
many times over. She became known as "L'Inconnue de la Seine," or "The
Unknown Woman of the Seine."
In 1955, a toymaker named Asmund Laerdal created what we now know as
the CPR doll. Asmund wanted his mannequin to have a natural
appearance. Remembering a mask on the wall of his grandparents' house
many years earlier, he decided that the L'Inconnue de la Seine would
become the face of Resusci Anne. So you see, this anonymous woman who
drowned in the 19th century is responsible for saving many, many lives
the world over. It is said that she has the most kissed face of all
time.
Pic
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F-BgWWdX0AAV1hH.jpg
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