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Mexican Festival Masks w/ Horns & Ribbons
Mexican Festival Masks w/ Horns & Ribbons
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Description
Latin America, Mexico, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A fantastic pair of wooden festival masks each exhibiting an exaggeratedly long nose, a jutting moustache, and a pair of curved, tiered horns surmounted by colorful ribbons. A fun pair of vintage examples! Size (both about the same): 7.3" L x 10.1" W x 8" H (18.5 cm x 25.7 cm x 20.3 cm)

Provenance: private Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA collection

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#185867
Condition
Both have a few minor stable fissures to wood; only one of which visible on front and the others on versos. Otherwise, both are intact and excellent with great pigments, detail, and light patina throughout. Suspension wire for display on verso of each.
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Mexican Festival Masks w/ Horns & Ribbons

Estimate $600 - $900
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Starting Price $300
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Artemis Gallery

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Auction Curated By
Bob Dodge
Owner/Executive Director, Antiquities & Pre-Columbian Art
Sydelle Dienstfrey
PhD. Art History, Director, Fine & Visual Arts
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