Description

Huasteca/Otomi Chivo (goat) mask with ribboned headdress for Carnival. Hidalgo, Mexico. Mid-20th century. Oil paint on carved wood with horse hair, yarn, ribbon, wire, brass bells, steel nails (22 1/2” h. x 11” w. x 6” d., 33” w/ beard).
Provenance: from the Katharyn and Gordon Rayner Collection of Mexican Masks, Canada. Purchased from the collection of Jaled Muyaes, Mexico City, c.1990.
In the Fall of 2023 this mask was included in an exhibition at the Mexican embassy in Otttawa, Canada.