Spaniard Mask

Title

Spaniard Mask

How Acquired

[no text]

When Acquired

given to TMWF 1981

When Created

Mid 20th c

Created by

[no text]

Dance(s)/Festival(s)

Conquest

Character

Spaniard or Anyman/Everyman

May Weber's comments

A Spaniard (or Anyman ("Everyman"). Ethnic origin is Nahua. The dual concept of man and plant life is seen. Used in dances of Conquest and Tenozele danza. The word is an Aztec derivative, and refers to cactus. This dance is an aztec remnant. The lines covering the face of this mask represent the needles of the cactus. Place of origin is Mexico, Guerrero, Tlalcotepec.

Dr. Catherine Nichols' comments

Possibly Mecos depiction; Book - Behind the Masks in Mexico p.217

Consultation Comments

[no text]

Exhibition history

1983 Fermilab Art Gallery; 1986 Benton M of Art University of Connecticut

State

Guerrero

City/Town/Region

Tlacotepec

Culture/people

Nahua

Techniques

carved

Primary Material

wood

Secondary Materials

pigment

Dimensions

19cm x 13cm x 13cm

Marks/Labels

City written on the back of the mask: Tlacotepec, Gro.

ANTH Number

.0893

Weber Number

WS1265

Old numbers

W1058; MW223