Guatemalan Carved Wooden Festival Mask

**Originally Listed At $125**

New World, Guatemala, ca. mid 20th century CE. An unforgettable, hand-carved and brightly painted wooden mask depicting a hybrid creature possessing both pig-like and human features. The expressive visage presents deep-set, wide-opened eyes lined in red and liberally lashed (with eye slits for the wearer), sinuous black brows, a pronounced suid nose, parted red human lips revealing a protruding tongue, and pointy piggy ears. The face is decorated with a massive, multicolored crown (red, green, white, and yellow). A fascinating mask of a type created for a traditional dance and/or parade. Size: 8.5" W x 11.25" H (21.6 cm x 28.6 cm)

Provenance: private Healy collection, Studio City, California, USA, acquired over the last twenty years

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Condition Report: Slight scuffs and pigment losses to the tip of the nose. Perforations at sides for attachment.