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I will be out of the country from March 28th to April 9th, and so will not be shipping orders or open for visitors at the gallery. The Indigo Arts website will be active as always. I will respond to emails as soon as possible. I will be able to ship orders after April 9th, 2025.
Happy Spring!

Note:
With the high cost of shipping many of our customers choose to ship by USPS. For small and light shipments this is usually less expensive, but please be aware that their estimates are often wrong and their service can be very slow (sixteen days for Priority Mail from Philadelphia to New York City recently). The service is not always as economical as it may appear, particularly on larger or more valuable shipments. USPS estimates only include insurance up to $100 for its domestic shipments. If you ask for full insurance we will recalculate the shipping cost and send you an invoice for any difference in cost. For overseas shipments USPS will not insure for over $650. On request we can get estimates for overseas shipping from DHL.

Mexican Papier Maché Parrot Mask

SKU: MPM-04

Mexican Folk Artists

Mexico

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

$75

Four Birds in a Weeping Tree

SKU: HS-SM542

Steel Drum Sculptors, various

Haiti

La Guerre Dieufaite (Croix des Bouquets, Haiti)
Recycled steel oil-drum (15" dia.)

$54

Tree of Life

SKU: HS-SM843

Steel Drum Sculptors, various

Haiti

Louine Wilson (Croix des Bouquets, Haiti)
Recycled steel oil-drum (12 1/2" diam.)

Exhibited at Wheaton Arts and Cultural Center, Millville, New Jersey (July to December, 2016) for exhibit: Shades of Past, Colors of Present: Preserving Caribbean Cultural Heritage in New Jersey.

$52