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<\/a><\/p>\nThis mask of Juanegro, the African foreman who challenges the Caucasian Hacienda Owner for the hand of a female of the household, is only slightly different in design details from several other Juanegros masks in my collection.<\/p>\n
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This mask has probably been repainted, and carelessly at that.<\/p>\n This mask is 6\u00be inches tall, 5\u00bd inches wide, and 3 inches deep.<\/p>\n It was the design and the obvious age of the back that caught my attention. The back looks very similar to some others that follow.<\/p>\n For comparison, two masks from Tepetcintla that I purchased from Robin and Barbara Cleaver in 1987 are shown to the right of the new arrival. They appeared in my post of September 21, 2015.<\/p>\n The first represents Pa\u00f1ol, the Spanish Hacienda owner.<\/p>\n The red paint on this mask is extremely worn, simply from being handled in the course of annual use during Todos Santos (All Saints Day, celebrated around November 1 each year).<\/p>\n This mask is 6\u00bd inches tall, 5\u00bd inches wide, and 2\u00bd inches deep.<\/p>\n The back of this mask exhibits extreme darkening from age.<\/p>\n Here is another Juanegro.<\/p>\n His face is identical to that of Pa\u00f1ol, except of course for the the color of the face. This mask also has very worn paint on the face.<\/p>\n This mask is 6\u00bd inches tall, 5\u00bc inches wide, and 2\u00be inches deep.<\/p>\n This is another darkly stained back.<\/p>\n Next week we will look at masks by Pedro Huerta Mora, who lived in Cuetzalan, Puebla until his death in 2007.<\/p>\n Bryan Stevens<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Recently there have been a number of Juanegro style masks offered on EBay\u2122, but most of them strike me as decorative or reproduction masks. I was pleasantly surprised to find one Juanegro mask that did seem traditional and authentic. It … 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<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n