comic slave II

 This happy fellow is a Greek or Roman Slave character, loosely based on this painting from the First Century CE.   None of the original masks survive from the days of the Greek theatre, however, mosaics, frescoes, and  marble masks  found as part of sculptural decoration of buildings give us a good idea of what the Greek masks looked like.  While we imagine the Greeks used colors in their masks, we don't know what kind of palette they chose.  We believe they may have painted their masks and sculptures flesh-colored.    Greek masks also would have included a wig and covered the entire head.  

This mask is made in neoprene, a semi-rigid, non-toxic latex.