Skip to main content
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 2

Unknown
Yellow Tigre Dance Mask Zitlala Guerrero, Mexico

unknown

About the Item

A VERY rare Tigre (TIGER) Dance Mask Zitlala Guerrero, Mexico. Anonymous Deep Yellow Tigre Dance Mask. Early 20th C. Zitlala Guerrero, Mexico. Painted leather and fur. Museum-quality example. This Dance Masks were acquired from a serious collector of Mexican and Oceanic folk art. This style of Tigre (Mexican colloquial for Jaguar) mask is from Zitlala, Guerrero. They are used on the feast day of the Holy Cross on May 3-5. As part of the activities, men from different barrios put on jaguar costumes and carry out fierce fighting competitions that involve beating each other over the head with knotted rope. The fighting is considered a crucial aspect in petitioning the deities for rain. The impressive masks are made in leather and worn over the head to protect the wearer from injury. The leather is painted green or yellow, depending on which barrio the participant is from.
  • Creation Year:
    unknown
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 13 in (33.02 cm)Width: 17 in (43.18 cm)Depth: 11 in (27.94 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
    This is a USED item.
  • Gallery Location:
    Morton Grove, IL
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU36216329242

More From This Seller

View All
"Swimming with the Fishes" Lidded Jar by Roberto Lugo (INV# NP5370)
By Roberto Lugo
Located in Morton Grove, IL
Roberto Lugo "Swimming with the Fishes" Lidded Jar (INV# NP5370) Clay and Glaze 13 x 9.5 x 9.5" 2018 signed * small firing crack on bottom but exactly how artist originally made the ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Clay, Glaze, Underglaze

RARE EARLY MUG SET by Roberto Lugo (INV# NP3734)
By Roberto Lugo
Located in Morton Grove, IL
RARE EARLY MUG SET (INV# NP3734) Roberto Lugo clay, underglaze and glaze approx: 4.5 x 4.5 x 3” each date unknown
Category

2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Glaze

Sir Woffic Newton by Mail Peeples-Bright (INV# NP4058)
By Maija Peeples-Bright
Located in Morton Grove, IL
Maija Peeples-Bright Sir Woffic Newton (INV# NP4058) ceramic and glaze 6.25 x 5 x 10" 2005 signed by the artist
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Glaze

Figurative Vessel by Beatrice Wood (INV# NP4056)
By Beatrice Wood
Located in Morton Grove, IL
Beatrice Wood Figurative Vessel (INV# NP4056) stoneware and glaze 5.75 x 6.25" signed
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Stoneware, Glaze

White Mountain
By Michael Lucero
Located in Morton Grove, IL
Very rare early work by master Michael Lucero. Originally purchased at Linda Farris Gallery, Seattle in 1982 for $8500. Michael Lucero (b. 1953) was born in Tracy, California and...
Category

1980s Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wire

Wet Dreams (INV# NP3775) by Sunkoo Yuh
By SunKoo Yuh
Located in Morton Grove, IL
Untitled Sculpture (INV# NP3775) Sunkoo Yuh clay and glaze 19.75 x 19 x 10” 2010 signed
Category

2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

You May Also Like

"Return Engagement" Abstract Relief Sculpture
Located in Soquel, CA
"Return Engagement" Wood Panel Original Painting and Carving. Carved sculpture and painting by Mickey "Kano" Kane (American, 20th century). This bold piece features a carved oval sh...
Category

1990s Outsider Art Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Acrylic, Wood Panel, Handmade Paper

"Barking the Void" Abstract Relief Sculpture
Located in Soquel, CA
"Barking the Void" Abstract Relief Sculpture. Carved sculpture and painting by Mickey "Kano" Kane (American, 20th century). This large-scal...
Category

1990s Outsider Art Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Acrylic, Wood Panel, Handmade Paper, Glass, Resin

"Stradling the Blind" Abstract Relief Sculpture
Located in Soquel, CA
"Stradling the Blind" Wood Panel Original Painting and Carving. Carved sculpture and painting by Mickey "Kano" Kane (American, 20th century). This bold piece features a carved oval ...
Category

1990s Outsider Art Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Acrylic, Wood Panel, Fabric, Resin, Handmade Paper

"Roped into Duality" Abstract Relief Sculpture
Located in Soquel, CA
"Roped into Duality" Abstract Relief Sculpture. Carved sculpture and painting by Mickey "Kano" Kane (American, 20th century). This eye-catc...
Category

1990s Outsider Art Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Acrylic, Wood Panel, Handmade Paper, Glass, Wood

Outsider Art Wall Sculpture: 'Numbers'
By Gerard Cambon
Located in New York, NY
Gérard Cambon was born in 1960 in Toulouse (Fr). He has a degree in political science and is a self-taught artist. In the earlier years of his life practiced and experimented with collage and model making. Later, with an interest in old machines and patinas he started collecting old and used objects, tools, and fragments of items whose previous lives remained obvious. When he travels, one of his greatest pleasures is to find materials in antique shops or ironmongeries. In 1994, he began creating Locomobiles and reliefs and presented them to the public for the first time at “La Jeune Peinture,” a Parisian art fair. In 1995 , he stayed during 8 months in the hospital for eight months (leukaemia) where he began preparing and creating plans for new Locomobiles and reliefs. As his health improved, he committed himself to his artwork and during the same year met a Parisian gallery owner who decided to organize a solo show for him, Le Galerie Beatrice Soulie in Saint Germain des Pres. He has shown his work since 1996 in Paris and since 2000 in the United States (New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Seattle). He is currently being shown by galleries in France, Belgium, Switzerland, Luxembourg , Denmark, and the United States. He keeps on trying out new materials (fabric, leather, glass, plants, metals,…) that he integrates into his bas-reliefs: traction engines...
Category

2010s Outsider Art Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Outsider Art Wall Sculpture: 'TEXACO'
By Gerard Cambon
Located in New York, NY
Gérard Cambon was born in 1960 in Toulouse (Fr). He has a degree in political science and is a self-taught artist. In the earlier years of his life practiced and experimented with collage and model making. Later, with an interest in old machines and patinas he started collecting old and used objects, tools, and fragments of items whose previous lives remained obvious. When he travels, one of his greatest pleasures is to find materials in antique shops or ironmongeries. In 1994, he began creating Locomobiles and reliefs and presented them to the public for the first time at “La Jeune Peinture,” a Parisian art fair. In 1995 , he stayed during 8 months in the hospital for eight months (leukaemia) where he began preparing and creating plans for new Locomobiles and reliefs. As his health improved, he committed himself to his artwork and during the same year met a Parisian gallery owner who decided to organize a solo show for him, Le Galerie Beatrice Soulie in Saint Germain des Pres. He has shown his work since 1996 in Paris and since 2000 in the United States (New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Seattle). He is currently being shown by galleries in France, Belgium, Switzerland, Luxembourg , Denmark, and the United States. He keeps on trying out new materials (fabric, leather, glass, plants, metals,…) that he integrates into his bas-reliefs: traction engines...
Category

2010s Outsider Art Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Recently Viewed

View All