1977 Guerrero ex-Large Mexican Fantasy Bearded Wooden Mask -Early Tourist Trade
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Light and extra large @ 19 x 10 inches I have had this for about 3 years. The person that owed it last for some 30+ years. I am not sure if they were even the folks that originally acquired it as a tourist. They lived in CA. From masksoftheworld (dot-com): Masks with these long beards have been popular with tourists and collectors for at least 50 years. There's one just like this on page 13 of Mexican Masks by Cordry. He thought they were used in the Dance of the Marquez, but they are purely decorative. The mask is marked on the rear in marker 1977, which means shes about 37 years young. Shes not done in a cultural character, shes not really even done in a cultural design as she bigger than usual, of softerwood, done in a more matte paint than usual, and has something completely non-traditional such as a dog sitting on its head. (Perhaps carver humor seen in the form of design) The lines and the cut-outs of the mask are fairly traditional, but little else. The mask hails from the city of Guerrero, Mexico and definitely would have come from a commerical shop that cranked these out back in the 1970s. In the 1970s, there was a notorious mask-making shop there that produced these soley for the tourist trade (I forget their specific shop name). I would say nearly 90% of the masks done in this style and size are theirs... they all have
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