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The horse head mask is a latex mask representing a horse head manufactured by novelty purveyor Archie McPhee. The mask covers the entire head and was originally worn as part of a Halloween costume, or at other times to be funny, shocking, incongruous, or hip, or to disguise one's identity. It has become an internet meme. ==Origin and meme history== The horse mask was originally sold by novelty purveyor Archie McPhee as a Halloween costume since at least 2003.〔 It is marketed under the name "Horse Head Mask" and is made of "realistic brown latex with faux fur mane." McPhee claims "a person wearing a Horse Head Mask looks downright disturbing" and the mask "has become a worldwide phenomenon".〔 It's unclear when the mask transitioned from a novelty item to a meme, but there were a number of "accelerants" according to Caitlin Dewey of the ''Washington Post''.〔 In 2003, the Japanese anime ''Full Metal Panic?'' introduced the character Pony-man, "a horse-headed villain who pursued schoolgirls with a hairbrush".〔 Pony-man resembled someone wearing the McPhee horse mask and since the masks were already being sold "pony-man kept cropping up".〔 In 2005, Lonely Planet recommended wearing a horse mask while traveling in its ''Guide to Experimental Travel''.〔 Soon after, comedian/actor Tom Green wore a horse mask for an episode of his Internet talk show, ''Tom Green's House Tonight''.〔 In January 2008, a performance artist named Wotaken filmed himself picking, cooking, and eating psychedelic mushrooms while completely naked, wearing a horse head mask and dancing to the ''Final Fantasy'' soundtrack "Dancing Mad".〔 This film was uploaded to YouTube and reached over 2 million viewers and propelled the horse head to a wider audience.〔 After Wotaken's naked psychedelic cooking video, the horse head mask became a more common Internet meme.〔 Examples include a 2010 Scottish man known as "horse boy" captured by Google Street View; During Hurricane Sandy in Washington DC, a man was filmed jogging shirtless through a live news shot with a horse mask on. In July 2014, President Barack Obama was photographed in the streets of Denver shaking the hand of a horse headed bystander resulting in national press exposure of the mask including a series of articles in the ''Washington Post'' about the meme's history and cultural influences.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Horse head mask」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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