Mid-Century Carved and Painted Mexican Festival Mask with Rattle Headpiece woman with flag but there was no way

but there was no way I could resist the fantastic graphics on these c

predominately black and white pattern

not missing a thing

is a wonderful blend of haute and homespun

with this long

Mid-Century Carved and Painted Mexican Festival Mask with Rattle Headpiece woman with flag but there was no wayI am not at all on expert on Mexican dance and festival masks, but I certainly admire them in their vast and fantastic variety! I am pretty sure this one dates to the 1950s or so, and believe it would be referred to as a Moro mask, representing a Spanish colonial in the dance of the Christians and Moors. (And, with the red cheeks, exaggerated features and horn like pieces at the temples, rather mockingly I'd think.) The striped piece sticking straight