Wali Wasi face "mask", by Pedro Marticorena Oroña Laya, Wali Wasi center (House of the Spirits), Huancayo, Peru.
c.1980s.
Repurposed clay roof tile, painted with acrylic paints (18 3/4” h. x 8 3/4” w. x 3 1/4” d.)
Text on front reads: "LAS MASCARAS EN WALI WASI, ES EL ESPIRITU DEL COSMOS, DE LAS ESTRELLAS, DEL SOL, DE LA LUNA, DE LAS MONTAÑAS, DE LOS LAGOS, DE LOS MANANTIALES, DE LOS ANIMALES, DE LOS RIOS, DE LAS PIEDRAS, DE LAS PERSONAS, ETC, ETC. PEDRO MARTICORENA"
"THE MASKS IN WALI WASI, ARE THE SPIRIT OF THE COSMOS, OF THE STARS, OF THE SUN, OF THE MOON, OF THE MOUNTAINS, OF THE LAKES, OF THE SPRINGS, OF THE ANIMALS, OF THE RIVERS, OF THE STONES, OF THE PEOPLE, ETC., ETC. PEDRO MARTICORENA"