Miniature Yaqui Yoeme Mayo Dance Masks

Description

3 vintage miniature Yaqui Mayo hand carved and painted masks. The monkey or "chongo" in Mayo and carved by Francisco Gomez, it is finished in natural wood 3" x 2.5", 11" with beard. The others are Yaqui. the white wolf or "lobo" was carved by Juan Rosa and is 3" x 2.5", 10" with beard. The black mask carved by Juan Rosa is 3" x 2 3/8", 9" with beard.
The Mayo Indians are an indigenous group living in the Río Mayo valley in Southern Sonora and the Río Fuerte valley in Northern Sinaloa, Mexico. The pascola is the "old man of the fiesta" that is the literal translation of the Yaqui word Pahko'ola. The ceremony does not start until he enters the ramada and it ends with him giving a closing "sermon." The hair depicts the old man - but ironically the Yaquis/Mayos like most indigenous men in N. America do not have much facial hair. As with many Mexican and Guatemalan traditions, the Mayo's are depicting the hairy Europeans that conquered the area a few hundred years before. The masks that have been produced in this region usually depict males with a goat or horse hair beard and long eyebrows which cover the face.
This Mayo Pascola mask was skillfully carved, with long tufts of goat-hair, and painted with a thick polychrome paint.
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