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Many of Poncho’s masks have snakes on either side of the forehead cross. The cross is usually recessed. The paper flower was said to have been worn by the dancer, tied to his topknot.<\/p>\n The mouths of these masks often look like they were cut by a saw.<\/p>\n This mask is 7\u00bc inches tall, 6 inches wide, and 4 inches deep.<\/p>\n There is mild staining from use.<\/p>\n The second mask has a human face. It looks somewhat like the human faced masks of\u00a0 Pablo Pacheco.<\/p>\n However the square jaw is distinctly different from Pacheco masks.<\/p>\n Certainly the scorpions make one think of Pacheco’s masks.<\/p>\n The hair bundles on Poncho’s masks are not pegged.<\/p>\n This mask is 7 3\/8 inches tall, 5\u00bc inches wide, and 3\u00bc inches deep.<\/p>\n This is another lightly danced back.<\/p>\n Third in line is the mask that I bought at the Arizona State Museum store in 2002.<\/p>\n This is another mysterious mask that apparently represents a dog.<\/p>\n Such nasal bridges are part of the puzzle.<\/p>\n There are those snakes again.<\/p>\n The tails of the snkes nearly meet under the chin.<\/p>\n This mask is 6\u00be inches tall, 5\u00bd inches wide, and 4 inches deep.<\/p>\n The back of this mask too is lightly soiled. FAE marks the mask as having been carved by Francisco Acacia Estrella.<\/p>\n Examples follow from the collection of Barney Burns and Mahina Drees, all collected in 1989. They resemble those we have already seen.<\/p>\n This is a particularly strange nasal bridge.\u00a0 Several other masks by Poncho in the collection of Barney and Mahina also have this strange nose.<\/p>\n The snakes persist.<\/p>\n This mouth has a particularly interesting shape.<\/p>\n We see the usual documentation on the back\u2014FAE 2\/89.<\/p>\n The next mask resembles the first of mine, but the nose looks like that of a pig.<\/p>\n Otherwise we see familiar features.<\/p>\n The forehead cross is recessed.<\/p>\n There is minimal soiling from use.<\/p>\n Next is another dog.<\/p>\n Again there is mild soiling.<\/p>\n I include another human faced mask to illustrate how similar it is to the one you saw earlier.<\/p>\n This is another lightly used mask.<\/p>\n We end with a mask that has a devil’s face. There is just one devil by Poncho in Barney and Mahina’s collection.<\/p>\n The Jesuit missionaries taught (and believed) that the native Pascola dancer served\u00a0 the devil.<\/p>\n Again, this mask was very lightly used.<\/p>\n Next week we will examine the masks of Guadalupe Vadon Ochoa.<\/p>\n Bryan Stevens<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In 1989, Barney Burns and Mahina Drees collected approximately 20 Mayo Pascola masks that had been carved by Francisco “Poncho” Acacia Estrella, who was living at la Divisa, a small town in the Municipio of El Fuerte in Sinaloa. I … 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<\/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<\/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<\/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