Pascola dance - Yaqui or Mayo people, Sonora, Mexico,
c. 1990's
wood,  oil paint, horse hair.
(8 1/2" h. x 6 1/4” w. x 5 1/2”d., not including horse hair).

Michoacan, Mexico, c. 1980
Wood painted with oil paints
(5 1/4" w. x 3 1/2" d. x 7 1/4" h.

Nepal, late 20th cent.
Decorative wood mask.
(10 1/2" h. x 8 1/2” w. x 4” d.)

Oaxaca, Mexico, c. 1990's
wood, oil paint, (6 1/2" w. x 7 " d. x 8" h.)

Provenance:  Acquired 2010 from collection in Oaxaca, Mexico.

Nepal, 20th cent.
Wood, oil paint.
(6 1/4” h. x 3 1/2” w. x 2 3/4” d.)

Ex. collection of Jonathan Fisher
ex. Nusantara gallery

Decorative mask
Guatemala, c.2025
Wood painted with oil paints
(9 1/2” h. x 6 1/2” w. x 4 1/4” d.)

Decorative mask by unknown artist - Guerrero, Mexico,
late 20th century
wood, oil lacquer paint
(10" H x 5.5" W x 9.25" D. )
From private collection, purchased c.1990.

Decorative mask by unknown artist - Guerrero, Mexico,
late 20th century
wood, oil lacquer paint
(10" H x 6" W x 20" D. )
From private collection, purchased c.1990.
Note: some wear and chipping to be expected. See photos.

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