Oaxacan Devil Mask

3D Model

Devil Mask, Oaxaca City, Oaxaca, Mexico, c. 1980s. Wood w/ oil paint, goat horns, (7 1/2” w x 6” d x 9 1/2” h). Artist: Unknown. Probably not used for dance, no nose indention interior. Likely carved for sale to collectors. Based on syncretic Pastorales ceremony that in European Christian culture depicted good and evil, yet in conquered indigenous Mesoamerican culture probably depicted rebirth.