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Diablo 6 (with animal teeth)828,960Price On Request -
Cacique650,960Price On Request
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Red-Cheeked Español820,960Price On Request
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SOLD791,960Sold
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Diablo 2771,960Price On Request
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Diablo 8678,960Price On Request
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Ajitz mask, early 20th centuryAjitz is a shaman priest-diviner and important character in the mythology of the Guatemalan highland Maya. His red color symbolizes death and rebirth. He was said to predict the arrival of the Spaniards and the bloody defeat of the Quiche Maya of the western highlands during the Conquest. Ajitz is a central character in the Conquest dance drama (Baile des la Conquista)784,960Price On Request
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Ajitz mask, reverse784,960Price On Request
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Tigre 3960,960Price On Request
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Negrito or Raton 2853,960Price On Request
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Negrito or Raton 1960,960Price On Request
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Red-faced Español mask794,960Price On Request
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Español 2 (blue eyes)827,960Price On Request
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Mono Negro/Black Monkey798,960Price On Request
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Torito 1830,960Price On Request
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Diablo 4776,960Price On Request
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Español/Conquistador mask (no eyeholes)960,960Price On Request
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Español/Conquistador 2768,960Price On Request
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Diablo 3 SOLD
Diablos appear in dances in several areas of Guatemala, such as the Dance of the Legion of 24 Devils which is part of a Catholic ritual in various local communities.These masks are part of the iconographic system of teaching tools created as part of the transition towards Christianity after the Conquest. They incorporate themes, music, and dances of both the indigenous folklore of the Guatemalan peoples and the culture of the Catholic community. Each mask portrays a transgression or ‘sin’ that people may face in their everyday lives, such as lust or envy, and the dance portrays the consequences of such behavior.
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Dark-Faced Español (Origin El Quiche)764,960Price On Request
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SOLD809,960Sold
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Torito 2811,960Price On Request
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Diablo 5847,960Price On Request
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Español/Conquistador 3809,960Price On Request
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El PatronIn the area of Nahuala, in El Quiche, Guatemala, the Patzcar dance is an important ritual. A central character is El Patron, a European who is the landowner or overseer, the hacienda “boss”. He and his wife, La Patrona, are represented by formal and distinctive masks. Those masks are usually painted but occasionally stained. Here is a classic Patrón mask, with swirling relief carved eyebrows.792,960Price On Request
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Diablo 7784,960Price On Request
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Tigre 1, multiple views720,960Price On Request
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Malinche847,960Price On Request
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Devil Mask 10, Coban, 1940's995,960Price On Request
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La Patrona720,960Price On Request
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Hombre or Ajitz827,960Price On Request
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Español/Conquistador 1756,960Price On Request
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Dog/Perro Mask960,960Price On Request
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Torito 3960,960Price On Request
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Diablo 10781,960Price On Request
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Black Mujer Mask884,960Price On Request
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Tigre 2960,960Price On Request
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Devil Mask 6, Coban, 1940'sTraditional antique Guatemalan dance masks are well-known and documented and included in many public and private collections. They share many distinct criteria by which they can be identified and classified. However in the 1980’s we came across a very unique group of Guatemalan masks that were completely different from the “classic” art form, mostly in the form of rather bizarre devils. The family in Alta Verapaz, Guatemala, who had them told us that they were all carved by the same local mask carver some time in the 1940’s-50’s.768,960Price On Request
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Devil Mask 2, Coban, 1940's896,960Price On Request
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SOLD839,960Sold
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SOLD851,960Sold
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Devil Mask 5, Coban, 1940's975,960Price On Request
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Devil Mask 3, Coban, 1940's1179,960Price On Request
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Coban Mask 9 (Cacique?)768,960Price On Request
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Devil Mask 7, Coban, 1940's949,960Price On Request
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