Mask

Masks were recently introduced by Christian missionaries and are made for both ritual and tourist art; masks with horsehair are generally for ritual use (Knox).

The Wixáritari are known to the larger world as the Huichol, however that is not the name they use to refer to themselves.

contemporary; tourist art; ritual

Mask roughly carved ovoid with dark brown painted surface. Painted facial features with spirals and flecks overall in a fluorescent paint. Eyes and mouth composed of horizontal pink line ringed by orange line with evenly spaced eyelash-like flecks of orange. Yellow concentric spirals on each cheek area and concentric spirals of green surrounded by pink on large chin area. Each spiral has some fleck design along outer edge, pink on chin and yellow on cheeks. Except for elongated squared nose descending from top of mask, facial features are not modelled. Yellow line with flecks extends down its length. Remaining mask area filled in with flecks of yellow, green, white, pink, and orange.