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This mask has good vision openings and attractive painted details.<\/p>\n There are crosses on the forehead and chin.<\/p>\n The back is well carved and there is no staining from use.<\/p>\n This equally wonderful Goat Pascola mask by Frank Mart\u00ednez was collected by Barney and Mahina Burns (B&M# 351\/344); it dates to around 1994.<\/p>\n This mask is very nicely painted.<\/p>\n There are painted flowers flanking the forehead cross.<\/p>\n This one one of Frank’s masks that has those tiny openings for vision.<\/p>\n There is a tiny cross tucked under the chin.<\/p>\n This mask may have been mildly danced, but certainly not much.<\/p>\n I purchased this third Goat mask on Ebay, several years ago. It was said to have been carved by Frank Mart\u00ednez in 1986.<\/p>\n I particularly like the white painted decorations on the face of this mask.<\/p>\n I also like the everted upper lip.<\/p>\n There are crosses on the forehead and chin.<\/p>\n This mask is 8\u00bd” tall,\u00a0 5\u00bd” wide, and 3\u00bc” deep.<\/p>\n There is no evidence of use.<\/p>\n The fourth Goat Pascola mask has curling ram’s horns. It was collected undanced by Tom Kolaz in 1983. I photographed it with the permission of Jerry Collings in 2012, when it was in his collection.<\/p>\n Because of the striking combination of colors, I usually don’t perceive this as a goat mask. Instead it always makes me think of a Chango (monkey).<\/p>\n The silver paint is particularly unusual.<\/p>\n The reason that so many of Frank’s masks were never danced is not because they weren’t suitable, but because Frank liked to sell a mask as soon as it was finished, and this led him to sell to repeat customers such as Lupe Sinoui, Martha Secan, Tom Kolaz, or other Tucson collectors or dealers.<\/p>\n Now I will finish with three Chango or monkey\/ape masks. As I recall, I bought this one from Martha Secan of Tucson in about 1995. I later traded it to David West, of Gallery West in Tucson, Arizona.<\/p>\n This is another one of Frank’s masks with wonderful paint.<\/p>\n There is an attractive forehead cross.<\/p>\n As you may have noticed, Frank often added an inner rim design, particularly around the chin.<\/p>\n I don’t have a photo of the back.<\/p>\n I purchased this Chango mask from Martha Secan in 1996.<\/p>\n I particularly like the painted ears.<\/p>\n The half circle framing the cross is so attractive.<\/p>\n By now you must have noticed that Frank wants his masks to have both a forehead and a chin cross.<\/p>\n This mask is 7″ tall,\u00a0 5\u00bd” wide, and 2\u00be” deep.<\/p>\n There is no staining from use.<\/p>\n When I bought this mask in 1998 from a Tucson dealer, Tom Kolaz commented that Frank had recently switched over to this painting style, which was quite different from his earlier one.<\/p>\n From a sculptural perspective, this is a great mask.<\/p>\n This mask lacks a chin cross but there are two crosses on the cheeks that match the one on the forehead.<\/p>\n This is another example of a mask with a widely open mouth, but no opening to the interior of the mask, apparently because it was not expected to be used by a dancer.<\/p>\n This mask is 7\u00bd” tall,\u00a0 5\u00be” wide, and 3\u00bc” deep.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n I hope that you enjoyed seeing these Yaqui Pascola masks by Frank Mart\u00ednez. Next week I will introduce you to the masks of Crisencio Molina Maldonado, of Potam Sonora.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In my last two posts you have seen Pascola masks by Frank Mart\u00ednez with a variety of faces. Today I will conclude my discussion of this carver with four additional masks that have the faces of goats or rams, and … 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