APICELLA Commedia and Character Masks
 Suitcase of Masks

The masks on this page
are MADE-TO-ORDER.
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MADE-TO-ORDER

Masks come standard with cut-edge rim and grosgrain ribbon attachment.

For those who want something more than the basic mask, you can add an optional strap attachment -- leather or fabric, buckle or velcro -- an elastic band, a moustache or beard, custom colors, etc. Leather masks can also be ordered with enhanced embedded-wire rim for a pro-level performance mask. See photos HERE for examples.
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to see larger photo		 MASK DESCRIPTION OPTIONS*
(pricing below)		   BASE PRICE
Leather		 BASE PRICE
Fabric
Family of masks MORE THAN ONE? If you need a series of masks, either for a performance or for your own collection, there is a volume discount.        
Brighella style A BRIGHELLA
Style A		 Crafty, amoral, manipulative -- A schemer and a dreamer. Wears green-trimmed house livery, may have a moustache, play an instrument, seranade -- but only when it profits him. Colors: Dark green or brown with greenish highlights. A peacock. Available in leather or fabric, strap with velcro or buckle. For leather version only: embedded-wire edge. Optional moustache (not pictured).   200.00 75.00
BRIGHELLA Style B BRIGHELLA
Style B		 Earlier version of my Brighella mask. Available in leather or fabric. All other options available, including moustache (pictured).   200.00 75.00
ARLECCHINO Style A

ARLECCHINO
Style A

 Heart and soul of the Commedia, the Bergamo peasant -- downtrodden, abused, always hungry, not too smart but always resourceful, determined, full of energy and mischief. Patchwork costume, mask is traditionally black or dark brown, modern versions often lighter. A chicken. Available in leather or fabric, strap with velcro or buckle. For leather version only: embedded-wire edge. Optional moustache (not pictured).   200.00 75.00
ARLECCHINO Style B ARLECCHINO
Style B		 Earlier version of my Arlecchino mask, patterened on the famous "Monkey Arlecchino" in the Paris Opera Museum. Available in leather or fabric. All other options available, except moustache .Hair included in this version.   250.00 125.00
PANTALONE Style A

PANTALONE
Style A
(Separate Beard)

 The old miser; rich, arrogant, lustful but incapable, an irrepressible egoist. His color is red, especially his pantaloons, and he usually wears a black skullcap, perhaps a black cape with red lining. His bag of scudi is always dangling between his legs. A waddling old duck. Available in leather or fabric, strap with velcro or buckle. For leather version only: embedded-wire edge. Optional moustache (not pictured). Eyebrows / Beard on elastic included.   250.00 125.00
PANTALONE Style A with Beard Attached

PANTALONE
Style A1
(Beard & Moustache Attached)

 Same mask as above, with moustache and beard integral and permanantly attached to mask. Available in leather or fabric, strap with velcro or buckle. For leather version only: embedded-wire edge.   300.00 150.00
PANTALONE Style B PANTALONE
Style B
(Separate Beard)		 An earlier version of my Pantalone Available in leather or fabric, strap with velcro or buckle. For leather version only: embedded-wire edge. Eyebrows / Beard on elastic included.   250.00 125.00
PANTALONE Style B with Beard Attached

PANTALONE
Style B1
(Beard Attached)

 As above, with integrally attached moustache and beard. Available in leather or fabric, strap with velcro or buckle. For leather version only: embedded-wire edge.   300.00 150.00
DOTTORE Style A DOTTORE
Style A		 The old pedant, a fount of improbable and inaccurate knowledge. Ambitious, cunning, and sometimes surprisingly resouceful. Very fond of the vino. Primarily wears black, with a domed hat and huge brim, wide ruffled collar, black tights featuring his spindly legs. A waddling pengin. Available in leather or fabric, strap with velcro or buckle, moustache. For leather version only: embedded-wire edge.   200.00 75.00
DOTTORE Style B DOTTORE
Style B		 Earlier version of my Dottore mask. Available in leather or fabric. Strap with velcro or buckle, embedded-wire edge, moustache.   200.00 100.00
PULCINELLA Style A PULCINELLA
Style A		 Another peasant -- Cracked, maybe schizophrenic, incapable of guile. If ordered to lie, he will do so, but never to good effect. Whatever he thinks, he says. Famed for his inadvertant comic wisdom. Dresses in white, long (too long!) sleeves and pants, sometimes a tall, conical hat. A cuckoo. Available in leather or fabric, strap with velcro or buckle. For leather version only: embedded-wire edge. No moustache, traditonially.   200.00 75.00
PULCINELLA Style B PULCINELLA
Style B		 An earlier version of my Pulcinella mask, in a very traditional form. Available in leather or fabric. Strap with velcro or buckle, embedded-wire edge. No moustache, traditonially.   200.00 75.00
PULCINELLA Style C PULCINELLA
Style C		 Another variation -- I'm told this is more in the Venetian style... Available in leather or fabric, strap with velcro or buckle. For leather version only: embedded-wire edge. No moustache, traditonially.   200.00 75.00
CAPITANO Style A CAPITANO
Style A		 Pure unjustified ego, swagger with nothing to back it up, and a taste for the ladies. His had has a too-large plume, his clothing once-fine but a bit ragtag from travel and hard times. Always with a sword. A capon (i.e., an adjusted rooster). Available in leather or fabric. Strap with velcro or buckle, embedded-wire edge, moustache, beard.   200.00 75.00
CAPITANO Style B CAPITANO
Style B		 Earlier version of my Capitano mask. Available in leather or fabric, strap with velcro or buckle, moustache, beard. For leather version only: embedded-wire edge.   200.00 75.00
COLUMBINA COLUMBINA

Not traditionally masked, but times change... Bold, resourceful, lusty, fearless. Columbina & Arlecchino are usually paired romantically (at least eventually). Full peasant skirt, multi-colored like Arlecchino, flowers (Columbines!) in her hair. No moustache, please.

 Available in leather or fabric. Wire-embedded edge optional.   125.00 50.00
 

Coming Soon:
LA VEDOVA

 The widow... an experienced woman, seductive and feline. Developed in an early Antaeus workshop to provide another mask for female actors.        
La Vedova, The Widow

SCRUGINA

 Female version of Pantalone, named years ago by Penny Fuller in an Antaeus workshop to provide another mask for female actors. Includes attached chinpiece. Currently available in Fabric Only     125.00
 

Coming Soon:
VENETIAN BAUTA

 17th Century social mask unique to Venetian culture.        
             
NEUTRAL FULL NEUTRAL FULL Full mask with open eyes and mouth for silent neutral mask exercise, or non-speaking role. Pictured in natural finish, but I do them in darker dyes or white paint, as well. Available in leather or fabric. Strap with velcro or buckle, wire-embedded edge. Moustache / beard not available For leather version only: embedded-wire edge.   125.00 50.00
NEUTRAL HALF NEUTRAL HALF Half-mask version of above; we use it for speaking supernumerary roles -- messengers, etc. -- or for a male lover should the actor choose to use a mask. Available in leather or fabric, strap with velcro or buckle. Moustache / beard not available. For leather version only: embedded-wire edge.   100.00 50.00
             
DEATH DEATH Simple comic skull we use in the Bubalaires shows. Originally designed for Rose Portillo to represent a Mayan death figure. Fabric only; leather not available. All strap options available.   N/A 75.00
DOOFUS DOOFUS Pretty much what he looks like. Not very smart; slow, sad, but somehow often bests his boss. The Bubalaires pair him up with a Capitano mask to do usually silent or gibberish routines. Fabric only; leather not available. All strap options available.   N/A 75.00
ODYSSEY CYCLOPS CYCLOPS Classical Greece meets Alfred E. Neuman. Created for The Bubalaires' ODYSSKI (the Trojan War with cheesy sock puppets!). Mask is 12" high. Fabric only; leather not available. All strap options available.   N/A 100.00
FIRST CLOWN GREEK CLOWN A simple face-mask version of an ancient Greek clown motif. Mask is 11" high. Fabric only; leather not available. All strap options available.   N/A 100.00
BOTTOM AS ASS BOTTOM AS AN ASS Created for the first Antaeus Academy project: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. Mask is 15" high. Fabric only; leather not available. All strap options available.   N/A 100.00
Comedy and Tragedy COMEDY & TRAGEDY Most people want both -- if you want only one just divide the price by two! Designed to be connected and hung, but each is individually wearable. I'll do these in any color you like, no extra charge. Fabric only; leather not available. All strap options available, but the standard ribbon works well for these, as they're primarily for display.   N/A 150.00
             
     

* OPTION PRICES:

   Leather
Mask		 Fabric
Mask
Attachment Ribbon Edge Cut   Ribbon Attachment and Cut-Edge (in Leather) is standard, no charge.   0.00 0.00
      Elastic Strap   20.00 20.00
Attachment Velco Buckle   Velcro or Buckle Strap   35.00 35.00
Embedded Wire     Embedded-Wire Edge   100.00
50.00
      Colors Options: If you want a variation on standard color:   20.00 10.00
      Moustache Attached   50.00 25.00
Beards     Extra Beard on Elastic   35.00 35.00
Scudi Bag     Pantalone Scudi Bag, leather thong belt.   20.00 20.00
Display Clip     Mask Display Clip   2.50 2.50
 
       

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