Wood Mask Aztec Gentleman Hand Made Jose Manuel Mejia

Wood Aztec Mask with Milagros From Mexico. Tall/Height- 10" Wide- 8" Deep- 3 1/2" (measured from back to nose) The mask were made by Master craftsman Jose Manuel Mejia. He has received many awards and has been recognized by the Mexican government as a master craftsman. Mr Mejia lives in Santa Maria, Michoacan, Mexico. All his masks are hand tooled and hand painted. The mask is made to look like a Mexican Pre-Hispanic gentleman. The head piece has wood corn and red feathers. These masks were originally made for traditional dances. Mexican mask-folk art refers to the making and use of masks for various traditional dances and ceremony in Mexico. Evidence of mask making in the country extends for thousands of years and was a well-established part of ritual life in Mexico when the Spanish arrived. In the early colonial period, evangelists took advantage of native customs of dance and mask to teach the Catholic faith although later, colonial authorities tried to ban both uns