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THBFine 20th C. Mexican Leather & Wood Jaguar Combat Mask
Lot 67b
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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Featuring ancient and ethnographic art from around the world, including Pre-Columbian, Native American, African / Tribal, Ethnographic, Spanish Colonial, Fossils, Fine Art, much more. Many Oceanic pieces from an important Tucson, Arizona collection, first time at auction!! Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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- Lot Description
Latin America, Mexico, Guerrero region, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. An intriguing leather mask in the form of a highly stylized jaguar head with a deep opening for the wearer's head. The mask boasts applied circular eyes with mirrored interior panels, a wooden nose secured to the face with coarse rope, a broad mouth with delineated wooden teeth and a hanging leather tongue, and floppy ears. The exterior of the face is painted with thick, emerald-green pigment which imbues it with a striking presentation. Size: 9.75" W x 9.375" H (24.8 cm x 23.8 cm).
According to Barbara Mauldin, curator of Latin American collections at the Museum of International Folk Art, "Each year on May 3, 4, and 5, the community of Zitlala celebrates the feast day of the Holy Cross. As part of the activities, men from different barrios put on jaguar costumes and carry out fierce fighting competitions that involve beating each other over the head with knotted rope. Although this is very rugged for the participants, the fighting is considered a crucial aspect in petitioning the deities for rain during the spring planting season. The impressive masks are made in leather and worn over the entire head to protect the wearer from injury. The leather is painted green or yellow, depending on which barrio of town the participant is from." (Mauldin, Barbara. "Masks of Mexico: Tigers, Devils, and the Dance of Life." Museum of New Mexico Press, Santa Fe, 1999, p. 55)
Provenance: private Tucson, Arizona, USA collection, acquired between 1950 and 1985
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#147640Loss to part of one ear as shown. Light abrasions to neck line, face, nose, and top, with a few fissures to mirrored eyes, fading and chipping to original pigmentation, and minor desiccation to leather as expected. Light earthen deposits throughout.Condition
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