Ixchel Museum Collection
Sin Code
Mask
Alta Verapaz

Mask made in Ricardo Ibarra’s historic morería (rental shop for dance masks, costumes and scripts) in the early twentieth century, located in Cobán.

It’s wooden carving represents a gracejo, a type of ritual jester that accompanies the traditional local dances, seeking to attract the attention of the public through laughter.

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