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EXCEPTIONAL OLD MEXICAN MASK MUSEUM QUALITY FOR SALE

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Excellent Museum Quality Mask for Sale, U$ 3,000 0 Masks are a blend of painting and sculpture that dramatically reflect the creativity of different cultures.That's what appealed to me when I came to Mexico and saw the great and varied  masks from all regions of the country. This devil mask is more than fifty years old according to the Director and curator of the Mask Museum in Morelia ,Michoacan, who looked at it and said "I wish I had a mask like yours in our collection". This are is  rare  in that its  very large size,craftsmanship,excellent condition and the polycrome paint and finish on the piece.It is a very large mask with real male goat horns and a very expresive dragon /iguana on top of its head . The mask was  carved from large trunk of  soft wood from the state of Guerrero where the mask was also made. Masks since antiquity have been used by man for many reasons, for they serve as symbols in rites, festival, parades...