Siberian Mask

Photograph Lyn Fabio Salekherd, Siberia Museum Lyn Fabio sent me this amazing image of a face warmer mask from the museum in Salekherd, Siberia. It was hand made by one of the workers contsructing the Trans-Siberian Railway.

How haunting. So simple, rustic and all hand stitched from scraps for protection from the extreme cold. So very fundamental and for survival.

The sign demands, " No smoking on the worksite!" I wonder how they could even tell with the way your breath shows in the cold.