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plumed hat, might have come from attempts to represent an Inca costume. Another theory is that the masks, costume, and hunched back are derived from 17th-century commedia dell'arte, to which local colour has been added such as wearing clogs. The portrayal is suggestive of the character Pulcinella, which may have given rise to the name Gille, although confusingly within commedia dell'arte Gilles

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