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<\/a><\/p>\nAs you may recall, Goat Pascola masks are very commonly used in Sinaloa; goats may be the favorite mask style. I certainly find them charming, and on this mask I particularly like how the mouth and muzzle have been integrated by the paint.<\/p>\n
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I suppose that varnish was used to indicate the rim design.<\/p>\n There is even a transparent triangle on the top of the mask, but it looks different from the rest because the pigmented sap wood shows through the decorative coating.<\/p>\n This mask is 8 inches tall, 5 inches wide, and 2 inches deep.<\/p>\n This mask may have been very briefly danced because it does have a proper strap and that strap is lightly soiled.<\/p>\n The second mask has a Parrot face.<\/p>\n This is yet another example of the use of animals from the Desert World to provide faces for dance masks, which is a recent trend.<\/p>\n Parrots are comical creatures as they fly raucously overhead. Pascola dancers are said to be clowns, although I also view them as shamanic. The loud tongue of this parrot is carved in relief on the floor of the mouth.<\/p>\n The forehead cross was very simply sketched.<\/p>\n This mask is 8 inches tall, 5\u00bc inches wide, and 3\u00bc inches deep.<\/p>\n The back of this mask has mild staining from use; it was certainly danced.<\/p>\n Next week we will examine a group of Sinaloa Pascolas with prominent teeth.<\/p>\n Bryan Stevens<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In 2007 I bought two Pascola masks from Sinaloa that lacked an identified carver, and they did not seem to have been carved by the same hand. I believe that both have been danced. The first one is a Goat … 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