Tlalcoapa, Guerrero, Mexico, North America / 5 Sep 1986
Dance Mask: Mask/Noisemaker
Dance Mask: Mask/Noisemaker
The Smithsonian catalogs Dance Mask: Mask/Noisemaker as mask in its Ethnology records.
WHY IT’S INTERESTING
WOOD - TOTEM POLE TYPE MASK - WITH DIFFERENT FACES ON EITHER SIDE. ONE SIDE DEPICTS 2 HUMAN FACES, 1 DEVIL-ANIMAL & AN OWL. THE OTHER SIDE SHOWS 2 HUMAN FACES & A CAIMAN HEAD. THE BASE OF THE TOTEM POLE HAS THREE GOAT-TYPE FEET. THE SIDES OF THE MASKS ARE NOTCHED SO CAN BE USED AS A RASP-NOISEMAKER. EACH MASK IS SEPARATED BY A BASE - FIRST BASE LEVEL IS GREEN, 2ND LIGHTBLUE, 3RD LIGHTER GREEN. ANI