Issac 'Ike' Nettles Mt. Nebo Death Masks

Kerry Dunaway, Director of the Clark County Historical Museum in Grove Hill, Alabama, shares the story of the Mt. Nebo Death Masks and the man who made them, Issac "Ike" Nettles.
Recorded 05/03/2022 by Paula Webb, USA Libraries Art Galleries, Outreach and Communications Librarian.
Edited by Claire Rockwell

[CeeBeeCZT]

Fascinating! has anyone tried to recreate the masks for historical preservation?

[lmn]

Thank you for your video! Apparently Angel Estelle ( not Ezella) was a relative of Isaac Nettles. Buried with Sis Dollie.
Isaac also created her gravestone as a "mask" as well. Estelle is at the far left of the cemetery, if standing in front of his wife.
Their lives are during the Slave era.

[stephanieklemm]

Ron from Faces of the Forgotten brought me here.