There was another special exhibit that I wanted to see. This one was at the Franz Mayer Museum which houses the largest collection of decorative arts in Latin America. The museum is in the former convent and hospital of San Juan de Dios.
The exhibit I wanted to see was of masks that are used in the dances and ceremonies of the indigenous peoples of Mexico. The masks were selected from a large private collection. However, I was disappointed. It was a very small exhibit with around a half dozen display cases tucked away in a corner of the museum.
Anyway, here are photos of some of the masks...
A wooden mask for a "parachico", one of the traditional dancers of the town of Chiapa del Corzo in the state of Chiapas
This mask from the Pame tribe of the state of San Luis Potosí is made, in part, from a tin can.
A death mask from the state of Guerrero
It is made of wood incrusted with plastic to simulate bone.
This mask from the state of Michoacán is called "el Señor del Naranjo" (the Lord of the Orange). I had no luck trying to find out just what the Lord of the Orange is.
A devil mask from the state of Oaxaca
A wooden death mask from the state of Veracruz
Two wooden masks from Guerrero... one of a woman, the other of a mermaid
There was a case filled with miniature masks.
There's that mysterious Lord of the Orange again.
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