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Question:Please help, i have to describe my Gentle Fool mask, and there is like nothing on any websites. Please give me some information or websites. I have to describe the character.. please help ASAP

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Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Please help, i have to describe my Gentle Fool mask, and there is like nothing on any websites. Please give me some information or websites. I have to describe the character.. please help ASAP

thanks

I am a retired theatre history professor and studied Commedia dell'arte extensively and I have never heard of the Gentle Fool mask. The Harlequin mask (major fool of the style) was a back leather mask covering the forehead, eyes -there were holes to see through of course,and cheeks of the character who was originally based on the African slaves of the the wealthy Italians.