In the oldest European accounts the change was worn rather than suffered. Wolf belts, borrowed skins, a pelt pulled over the shoulders: the animal arrived as a garment and a man stepped into it. This mask belongs to that older idea. It is built as a whole head, ginger from crown to chin, with a mane of long copper hair falling down the back and gathering into a beard along the jaw.A face caught mid changeThe sculpt holds the snarl at full stretch. The jaws are open wide on pink and red gums, a dark tongue and a double row of uneven pointed teeth, the front fangs longest of all. Above them the brow is furrowed and the muzzle creased around a broad black nose. The eyes are gold with dark slit pupils and a rim of red. Both ears stand tall and taper to a point, one tipped forward as though it has just caught a sound.Man joined to wolfThe word werewolf comes from Old English: wer, meaning man, set against wolf. Man-wolf. The trouble in every telling sits at the seam between the two halves, which is precisely where a mask earns its keep. Cover the whole head and the seam has nowhere to show. More on where the werewolf came from.Where it fitsFull head, ginger mane, jaws open. It carries a wolf costume on its own, and it sits alongside the other shapes in the wolf mask collection.Free worldwide shipping, 7 to 12 business days. 30 day returns. See our shipping policy for details.
