30 May 2025 / 10 House
Devil mask
Eustathios (David) Nightingale writes: ‘My wife was given this mask by her father. She says it is from Mexico. It is very important to us that we properly identify the historical/spiritual/cultural history behind this mask. Can you help? Any help much appreciated!
PS: I am not sure this is considered a “mask” as there are no holes to see through and it won’t fit on my face. It’s more like wall art.’
Comments (1)
tecpaocelotl
18th Feb 2010
Usually these masks have holes to see through as you can see here:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v258/tecpaocelotl/DSC01860.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v258/tecpaocelotl/DSC01857.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v258/tecpaocelotl/DSC01937.jpg
These masks are (roughly) 30 year old masks from Guerrero, while this mask:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v258/tecpaocelotl/DSC02542.jpg
is a modern mask from Michoacan.
What a ‘demon’ mask was for would depend a lot on where you got it...
I think what you got is just for display, not actually for wearing as a mask.