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Mascaras II: Dance Masks from Mexico and Guatemala

June 29, 2025

"The Mexican, whether young or old, criollo or mestizo, general or laborer or lawyer, seems to me to be a person who shuts himself away to protect himself: his face is a mask and so is his smile. In his harsh solitude, which is both barbed and courteous, everything serves him as a defense: silence and words, politeness and disdain, irony and resignation.... He builds a wall of indifference and remoteness between reality and himself, a wall that is no less impenetrable for being invisible. The Mexican is always remote, from the world and from other people. And also from himslf."
Octavio Paz in The Labyrinth of Solitude, 1961

Torito Mask (#gtm008)
SKU: GTM-008

Guatemala, 20th cent.
Wood painted with oil paints
10 1/4" w. x 7 1/2" d. x 8 1/4" h.)

$500

Mexicano Mask (#gtm016)
SKU: GTM-016

mid-20th cent.
Wood painted with oil paints
(7 1/4" w. x 6 3/4" d. x 8" h.)

$500

Moro Mask (#mxm105)
SKU: mxm-105

Puebla, Mexico,
mid-20th century
wood, oil paint
(7 1/2" w. x 51/4" d. x 8 1/4" h.)

Provenance:  Acquired 2010 from collection of Jaled Muyaes and Estela Ogazon - Mexico City.

$475

Gigante head with a mustache
SKU: GTS-01

Head for Danza de los Gigantes. Antigua region, Highland Guatemala, late 20th cent.
Wood painted with oil paints
(13 1/4” h. x 4 1/4” w. x 4 1/2” d.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0X3wZyz4fo

$450

Gigante Head with a Hat
SKU: GTS-02

Head for Danza de los Gigantes. Antigua region, Highland Guatemala, late 20th cent.
Wood painted with oil paints
(13 3/4” h. x 4 1/4” w. x 4 3/4” d. )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0X3wZyz4fo

$450

Leon (Lion) Mask (#gtm009)
SKU: GTM-009

mid-20th cent.
Wood painted with oil paints
(7 1/2" w. x 5" d. x 8 1/4" h.)

$450

Perro - Dog Mask
SKU: MXM-170-33

Carnaval - Veracruz, Mexico,
Puebla, Mexico. 20th century
oil paint on wood (10” h. x 5.5” w. x 4.75” d.)
Provenance: from the Katharyn and Gordon Rayner Collection of Mexican Masks, Canada. Purchased in Oaxaca or Mexico City, c. 1990s.
In the Fall of 2023 this mask was included in an exhibition at the Mexican embassy in Otttawa, Canada.

$450

Gold Faced mask
SKU: MXM-170-14

Gold Faced mask for Dance of El Pochó. Area of Tenosique, Tabasco, Mexico. C.1990.
Oil paint on wood (8” h. x 6” w. x 5” d.).  A mask for the gilded age!
Provenance: from the Katharyn and Gordon Rayner Collection of Mexican Masks, Canada. Purchased from the collection of Jaled Muyaes, Mexico City, c.1990.
In the Fall of 2023 this mask was included in an exhibition at the Mexican embassy in Otttawa, Canada.

$450

Malinche Mask (#gtm012)
SKU: GTM-012

mid-20th cent.
Wood painted with oil paints
(6 1/2" w. x 4" d. x 7 3/4" h.)

$450

Negrito Colmilludos Mask from Oaxaca
SKU: MXM-170-16

"Negrito Colmilludo" (tusked little black one) mask.
Oaxaca, Mexico. 20th century.
wood, oil paint, (7.75” h. x 5.2” w. x 4” d.)
Provenance: from the Katharyn and Gordon Rayner Collection of Mexican Masks, Canada. Purchased from the collection of Jaled Muyaes, Mexico City, c.1990.
In the Fall of 2023 this mask was included in an exhibition at the Mexican embassy in Otttawa, Canada.

$450

Tigre Mask (#mxm092)
SKU: mxm-092

El Pocho dance - Area of Tenosique, Tabasco, Mexico, c. 1990's
wood, automotive oil paint, (6" w. x 4" d. x 8" h.)

Provenance:  Acquired 2010 from collection in Oaxaca, Mexico.

$450

Moro Mask
SKU: mxm-099

Moro de Carnaval - Hidalgo, Mexico, mid-20th century
wood, oil paint (6" w. x 3 3/4" d. x 61/4" h.)

Provenance:  Acquired 2010 from collection of Jaled Muyaes and Estela Ogazon - Mexico City.

$450

Diablo Mask (#mxm107)
SKU: mxm-107

Diablo mask - Guerrero, Mexico, mid-20th century
wood, oil paint (9" w. x 4 1/2" d. x 10 1/4" h.)

Provenance:  Acquired 2010 from collection of Jaled Muyaes and Estela Ogazon - Mexico City.

$425

Carnaval Mask with Mustache
SKU: MXM-115

State undetermined, Mexico. 20th century.
wood, oil paint (8" x 6.5” 5.5”)
From private collection

$425

Tlacolorero Mask
SKU: MXM-170-25

Acatlan, Guerrero, Mexico, late-20th century.
Wood, oil paint (8.25" h. x 7.5” w. x 7” d.)
Provenance: from the Katharyn and Gordon Rayner Collection of Mexican Masks, Canada. Purchased in Mexico c. 1990.
In the Fall of 2023 this mask was included in an exhibition at the Mexican embassy in Otttawa, Canada.

$425

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