India,  20th cent.
Wood, oil paint.
(10 1/4” h. x 7 1/2”w.  x 5 1/2” d.)

Ex collection of Roger Hollander

Unknown artist - Bali, Indonesia, early to mid 20th century
Painted wood.
(5 1/4" w. x 3 1/4” d. x 6 3/4” h.)

State unknown, possibly Guerrero, Mexico,
late-20th century
wood, oil paint
(9.5” h. x 7.5” w. x 4.75” d.)
From a private collection.

Unsigned diablo mask from Michoacan. Style of Horta family.
Late-20th century
wood, oil paint
(9.5” h. x 10.25” w. x 5.75” d.)
From a private collection.

Carnaval - Carpinteros, Hidalgo, Mexico,
c. 1990's
wood, oil paint,
(6" w. x 5 1/4" d. x 7 1/4" h.)

Viejo mask, dance and state undetermined - Mexico,
c. 1970's
wood, oil paint, ribbon
(3 1/2" w. x 2 1/2" d. x 6 1/4" h.).
Ex. Brand collection.

Celaya, Guanajuato, Mexico, 20th century.
Molded papier maché mask.  Made on traditional clay mask mold.
(11 1/2” h. x 8 1/2” w. x 4 3/4” 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

Celaya, Guanajuato, Mexico,
Mid-20th century.
Molded papier maché mask.  Made on traditional clay mask mold.
(8 1/4” h. x 5 3/4” w. x 3” 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