A scarce beautiful original Okito illusion circa 1950’s. First described in The Linking Ring in 1950 and written about in Okito on Magic 1952. A large Chinese “Scare Mask” used to scare away evil spirits is suspended by cords to a bamboo stand. The magician wraps a dove into a piece of paper and places the bundle into the mouth of the mask. On the other side of the stage sits an empty glass casket on a wooden chair. The magician then fires a pistol and the bundle with the bird vanishes in a burst of fire from the mouth of the mask and the bird instantly appears in the glass casket! Okito invented the appearance of the bird in the cage in 1895 and then sold it to Willmann, who put it in his catalog under Okito’s name. The props are in wonderful, bright condition. Electronics not tested.