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<\/a><\/p>\nThis is a wonderful mask. I particularly like the figure eight shaped mouth (or beaked mouth), which suggests the emotion of terror. This is another example of the observation that Moor masks are sometimes depicted with expressions of fear, as if they view their Christian opponents as particularly powerful. After all, the Moros y Cristianos Dance was brought to the new world as an educational device, to assist the missionaries as they preached the power of the Christian God.<\/p>\n
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This mask is 9 inches tall, 6\u00bd inches wide, and 3\u00bd inches deep.<\/p>\n This is an old, heavily worn mask.<\/p>\n I got the next mask from Jaled Muyaes and Estela Ogaz\u00f3n, in 1998. This Red Moor, also from an unspecified town in the State of Mexico, is even more fabulous than the last. It was probably collected in the field in the 1960s, and it may have already been 10 or 20 years old, judging from the patina.<\/p>\n This is a large mask of vivid appearance. Again we see an anxious mouth.<\/p>\n This mask is inches 10\u00bd tall, 8\u00be inches wide, and 3\u00bd inches deep.<\/p>\n The number 2173 on the back means that this mask was in the 1981 show in Mexico City that was drawn from the collection of Jaled and Estela. The back is very darkly stained, suggesting many years of use. Note the old metal repair on the back edge to stabilize a crack.<\/p>\n The third mask is shallow and crooked, as was the Calavera<\/em> in last week’s post. I got this mask from Ren\u00e9 Bustamante in 1994. He reported that it was a Moro from the State of Mexico.<\/p>\n This is an unusual mask, so perhaps the work of an amateur. It has the frown and wounds of a Moor character.<\/p>\n This mask is 11 inches tall, 7 inches wide, and 3 inches deep.<\/p>\n The back of this mask is moderately stained, but this is not so obvious because it was made from very pale wood.<\/p>\n Next week we will continue to look at a variety of Moro masks.<\/p>\n Bryan Stevens<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Today we will continue to look at Moro masks from the State of Mexico, two with red faces while the third has a flesh colored complexion. I bought this first one from Ren\u00e9 Bustamante in 1994. It was said to … Read More <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n