Mid-Century Carved and Painted Mexican Festival Mask with Rattle Headpiece woman with flag and a hole at the

and a hole at the center of the back

but think it's a pretty fun piece

not missing a thing

with this long

Mid-Century Carved and Painted Mexican Festival Mask with Rattle Headpiece woman with flag and a hole at theI am not at all on expert on Mexican dance and festival masks, but I certainly admire them in their vast and fantastic variety! I am pretty sure this one dates to the 1950s or so, and believe it would be referred to as a Moro mask, representing a Spanish colonial in the dance of the Christians and Moors. (And, with the red cheeks, exaggerated features and horn like pieces at the temples, rather mockingly I'd think.) The striped piece sticking straight