Mask

Item number 2655/56 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.

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Description

Santiaguero mask. Faded pink face with protruding brow, nose, lips, and chin. Nose, cheeks, and chin are painted in red; eyes are white with black pupils, eyebrows, and eyelashes; lips are a lighter red. Holes at nostrils and between eves and eyebrows; small holes: one at top and two on each side.

History Of Use

Santiaguero mask from the Dance of Tocotines. It recounts the appeal of Motecuhzoma to Cortez and Malinche for peace, the struggles and triumph of the Spaniards, and the eventual union of the two races. Performed on the day of Santa Maria Magdalena, July 22, and other saint's days. Only Cortez, the santiagueros and the clowns are masked.