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Description

Soft light wood; truncated cone shape with centre hollowed out. Face on flat frontal surface has projecting geometric nose, perforated eye slits. Blue eyebrows and smiling mouth painted on; flaking white lime overall. Brown feathers placed in holes once circled entire edge of face. Many have deteriorated. Large painted u-shaped comb in pink, blue, and green projects from top of head. Sections cut out for design of pink triangle topped by a blue painted bar to separate from two roosters in profile facing each other at top.

History Of Use

Worn at a maize harvest festival.

Iconographic Meaning

A forest spirit mask; its representation has little changed since the 16th century. The roosters are the result of Spanish influence.

Narrative

Alan Sawyer note: collected between 1938 adn 1949 by Dr. Enrique Palavencino and Dr. Maria Delia Millan de Palavencino.

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