RARE GUERRERO MEX 3 FCD HND CRVD WDN DANCING MASK W/DEVIL/2 BEARDED MEN/REPTILES

Description

VERY
RARE
GUERRERO STATE,
ME
XI
CO,
EARLY
to
MID-20TH CENTURY,
LATIN AMERICAN
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MONUMENTAL,
THREE
-FACED,
HAND
CARVED
&
HAND
PAINTED
W
O
O
D
E
N
DANCING
MASK,
with
HORNED
DEVIL,
PAIR
of
BEARDED
MEN,
featuring
S
N
A
K
ES
&
REPTILES
in
UNTOUCHED,
NEAR
PRISTINE,
CLOSE
to
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CONSTITUTED,
ALMOST
MUSEUM
Q
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[Incredibly carved from a single piece of wood]
(Circa 1935-1958)
Early to mid 20th century
Latin American
hand carved and hand painted ceremonial, decorated wooden 'dancing face masks'
from
Guerrero State,
Me
xi
co
DIMENSIONS:
18" Height x 13" Width x 11
1⁄2" base outer Width
x 9
1⁄4" inner Width
Weight:
4 lbs. 12 oz.
DESCRIPTION:
Extraordinary and a one-of-a-kind
Latin American,
vintage, hand carved and hand painted wooden figurative sculpture,
called a
'Dancing Face Mask,'
from
Guerrero State,
Me
xi
co.
Incredibly, almost impossibly, it's carved from a single piece of wood. Featured is the image of a red-faced
Devil,
complete with authentic, real animal horns attached to each side of his forehead. On top of the
Devil's
image is a gray snake, which curls around the torso and head of the
Devil
and whose head comes to rest on top of the
Devil's
nose. To the image of the
Devil's
right and left are found two bearded mythological men, perhaps
Jesus
and
Moses,
each with a serpent or four-legged reptile perched on top of each man's heads and on top of each other, making a veritable totem of slithering, crawling cold-blooded reptiles, menacing and also seen as possibly protecting the figures upon which they rest. Exquisitely hand carved from a single piece of wood, the hand painting's 100% original and absolutely untouched. Pristine and in near museum quality condition. Absolutely beautiful. Exciting. Top shelf. Wow, wow and ...wow!
CONDITION:
Very Good to Excellent overall vintage condition.