Vintage Patzcar / Patrón carved wood mask from Central Guatemala

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Vintage Patzcar /  Patrón
carved wood mask from Central Guatemala
In the area of Nahuala, Guatemala there is the
Patzcar
dance. In the Patzcar dance there is a
Patrón
(a European who is the landowner or overseer, the “Boss”) and his wife,
La Patrona
; they wear masks that are formal and distinctive.  In the dance, characters attempt to carry off the Patrona. In the process they pretend to molest “her” (a man invariably plays this role), she declines their “courtship” overtures, and the dance ends with the characters ritually whipping one another, as if in penance. Thus the Patzcar dance states the purpose of moral teaching.
This is a classic Patrón mask, with swirling relief carved eyebrows.
6.5” wide
9” long
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