Bauta (pl. baute; also bavuta/bavute)
The bauta was a masquerade costume, consisting of a white mask with a beak like protrusion, a tricorne hat, a hood, a short mantel and long cloak.
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Mascare — Masks — Grevembroch 3-92
“Mascare” (Masks) from the Gli abiti de veneziani (1754) by Giovanni Grevembroch, translated by René Seindal.
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Povero in Mascara — Beggar in mask — Grevembroch 3-80
“Povero in Mascara” (Beggar in mask) from the Gli abiti de veneziani (1754) by Giovanni Grevembroch, translated by René Seindal.