The Branks, Scold's Bridles, and Masks of Infamy are fine examples of metalworks that made their way from 16th-century Scotland to the Americas styled after animal heads, mostly pigs and donkeys, in a most artfully balanced and aesthetically appealing way (if only one were able to overlook the internal spikes, blades, or balls that frequently disfigured the tongues of the back-talking wives who we