BRAND
WATERSPORTS
MODEL
Meduse
TYPOLOGY
Single-snorkel full-face mask
TECHNICAL FEATURES
single headstrap with twin buckles - snorkel socket top centre - integrated snorkel with ball valve
COMPENSATOR
none
HEAD STRAP
single adjustable strap with buckles on either side of mask
CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL
rubber body - plastic snorkel barre
COLOR
available in white or black
CRYSTAL SIZE
13 x 10 cm
SPECIAL FEATURES
“WATERSPORTS”, “MADE IN FRANCE”, “MEDUSE” — French for “jellyfish” — and two jellyfish images embossed on top of mask body, MODELE DEPOSE” — French for “registered design” — on front of chin pocket
NOTE
During the 1930s, Mauritian brothers Roger and Raymond Pulvénis pioneered underwater hunting in the Mediterranean, patenting spearfishing equipment in the 1940s and founding the Watersports company for its manufacture in Nice
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
France
YEAR OF PRESENTATION
1957
SOURCE
David Wilson collection