Antique Guatamalan Pedro De Alvarado Mask Wood Carved Mask w/ Blue Glass Eyes

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Antique Jesus Mexican Wood Carved Mask with Blue Glass Eyes Folk ART 10x8x4
Antique Jesus Mexican Wood Carved Mask with Blue Glass Eyes Folk ART 10x8x4
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Antique Jesus Mexican Wood Carved Mask with Blue Glass Eyes Folk ART 10x8x4
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10" tall
Real Glass Eyes
Intricate carving
Ready to hang!
Also told that this is a Pedro De Alvarado Mask from Guatamala.
Pedro de Alvarado Mask
TYPE: mask
GENERAL REGION: Latin America
COUNTRY: Guatemala
SUB-REGION: Unknown
ETHNICITY: Mayan
DESCRIPTION: Pedro de Alvarado Mask
MAKER: Unknown
CEREMONY: Baile de la Conquista
AGE: 1975
MAIN MATERIAL: wood
OTHER MATERIALS: paint; glass eyes; glue
The
Baile de la Conquista
(Dance of the Conquest) retells the conquest of the Mayan Empire by the Spanish conquistadors.  The leader of the conquistadors in the area now known Guatemala was Pedro de Alvarado y Contreras (1485-1541), who participated in the subjugation of Cuba, Mexico, and most of central America, and eventually the governor of Guatemala. His viciousness made him especially hated by the indigenous population.
The dance began as early as the 16th century, and begins with the arrival of Spanish ambassadors to the K’ich’e king, along with princes and princesses (
Malinches
). The king seeks support for resistance from the governor of Xelajú, named Tecún Umán, who appears with his lieutenant, Huitzitzil Zunun, and priest, Ajitz. This leads to a battle, in which Alvarado duels with Tecún Umán, who is killed, resulting in the conversion of the conquered K’ich’e people to Catholicism.
For more on Guatemalan masks, see Jim Pieper,
Guatemala’s Masks and Drama
(University of New Mexico Press, 2006).
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