[Aztlan] Mexican wooden mask

[Ian Mursell]

Dear Martin,

I don't know if others have come back to you to offer help.  I hope so.
Meanwhile, here are a couple of extra tips:-

If you send us a picture we can seek some expert advice on it from Chloe
Sayer, author, curator and world expert on Mexican crafts of all kinds.
Chloe is on our Panel of Experts on the Aztecs.

We have a small photo gallery of Mexican masks, ancient and modern, that you
can see here -

http://www.mexicolore.co.uk/index.php?one=azt&two=aaa&id=164&typ=reg

There is also an online gallery of Mexican masks at the Phoebe A. Hearst
Museum of Anthropology, here -

http://hearstmuseum.berkeley.edu/exhibitions/mexico2/masks.html

And the classic book you could search for/consult is 'Mexican Masks' by
Donald Cordry, which is beautifully illustrated and documents the
mask-making tradition in Mexico from pre-Hispanic times to the 20th century.

All the best,

Ian

Ian Mursell

MirandaNet Fellow, Institute of Education, London University

Director, 'Mexicolore'
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London SW11 4EB, U.K.
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> Dear members,
> 
> My name is Martin Schultz, i´m a freelancer working on the mesoamerican
> colletions at the Museum of World Cultures at Frankfurt/ Germany.
> Among these objects is a wooden mask that has been donated to the museum
> with "Mexico" given as place of origin but no other information.
> Eyes and mouth of the mask are of black and white stone, the mask is painted
> red.
> To me it looks quite old, but as i have never seen any precolumbian mask
> like this one and have no "hands on" experience with these mask i thought i
> would contact this list to ask for advise.
> 
> As i´m new to the list i don´t know if i am allowed to post images. Any
> information on anybody who could help me would be most helpful.
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> Martin Schultz
> 
> - Freelancer, Department of American Cultures -
> 
> Museum of World Cultures
> 
> Schaumainkai 35
> 
> 60594 Frankfurt am Main
> 
> Tel.: ++69 212 30397
> 
> Fax: ++69 212 39907
> 
> E-Mail: martin.schultz at stadt-frankfurt.de