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c1968 Manuel Centella Escalante Yaqui Native Mexican Dance mask, signed by<br>artist and written in pencil indicating it was purchased around 1968 for $110.<br>There is some extensive info on this respected artist online 9 1/8" tall x 5<br>7/8" wide without the extra hair. Nice old mask, I will be offering a very large<br>collection of these that was assembled in the 60's-80's, a large percentage are<br>from the first quarter of the 20th century, some perhaps a bit older. The ones<br>that are more recent are of exceptional quality. Some have tags identifying<br>them, some of the tags are missing or have been degraded over time.<br><br>I won't have time to discuss the character of each mask, but I'll make sure to<br>take good, accurate photos, and as stated you'll get the mask shown in the<br>condition shown, with approximate age stated. They will be safely stored until<br>sold so I won't really be able answer any specific questions, I'll give the<br>measurements of each one when listing. And I apologize in advance for my lack of<br>cultural awareness if I happen to call a central/south American mask a Mexican<br>mask.<br>It's just there are a lot of masks and very little time, and while I think each<br>and every one of them is absolutely fabulous or I wouldn't waste my time<br>photographing them....I would rather spend the time I could spend learning the<br>history of each character making sure they are packaged well enough to fall off<br>the truck, get ran over a few times...and still make it to you intact.<br>tw23
