Phulwa Mandal - Kuwa village, Janakpur, Nepal
c.2016
Acrylic paint on handmade lokta paper
(10" h. x 15" w. ).

Celaya, Guanajuato, Mexico,
Mid-20th century.
Molded papier maché mask.  Made on traditional clay mask mold.
(8 1/2” h. x 6 1/2” w. x 3 1/4” d.).
Purchased in Mexico c.1985

Inexpensive masks of paper or pasteboard (máscaras de cartón), formed over a pottery mold and then painted, have been made in Mexico for perhaps a century or longer. Máscaras Mexicanas, a book featuring photographs of Mexican masks, was initially published in Mexico City in about 1926, with a prologue by Roberto Montenegro. There are about 20 of these paper mache masks in the book, along with others of wood and pre-Conquest masks made of other materials such as stone. Moya Rubio included a selection of these masks in plate 188, on page 157 ( Máscaras: la Otra Cara, 1986). Notes from  the late Bryan Stevens, 2018

By Dieufait (Croix des Bouquets, Haiti)
Recycled steel oil-drum (15.5" x 15.5")

Blanco Family, Santa Maria Atzompa, Oaxaca, Mexico, c.1970's.
Fired clay figure.
(4.5” h. x  4” w. x 3” d.)

Painted plaster sculpture (with loop on back for hanging as an ornament).
(4 1/4" h. x 4 1/2" w. x 2 1/2" d.)

Anonymous artist (Croix des Bouquets, Haiti)
Recycled steel oil-drum (8.5" diameter)

Woodcut print on paper (image size 4 7/8" x 3 1/2" on 9 1/2 x 6 1/2" sheet), 2012.
Exact design may vary.

Woodcut print on paper (image size 4 5/8" x 3 3/4" on 9 1/2 x 6 1/2" sheet), 2012.
Exact design may vary.

Woodcut print on paper (image size 3 3/4" x 5 1/4" on 9 1/2 x 6 1/2" sheet), 2012.
Exact design may vary.