Mask

Item number 2655/154 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.

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Description

Male face with protruding nose and chin, bulbous cheeks, and hair in relief. Hair, eyebrows, mustache, and beard are painted black. Two holes for stringing, one at each side of forehead; metal loop inserted into top of mask; fibre webbing runs from two side holes and fibre cord goes from metal loop to fibre webbing.

History Of Use

Santiago mask, used in the Dance of the Santiagueros. The Dance is a variant of the Moors and Christians and it had only six masked Christian soldiers, including Santiago, and two masked Moors. They represented pilatos, named after Pontius Pilate.