Mexican Vintage Hand-painted Wood Jaguar Dance Mask with Tusks and Quills stair step pattern though it is rather hard

though it is rather hard to make out

structurally very sound

or else keep them on my desk storing paper clips etc

educated at Mass Art

I'm getting more and more into carved wooden objects

Mexican Vintage Hand-painted Wood Jaguar Dance Mask with Tusks and Quills stair step pattern though it is rather hardWow! I found this Mexican hand painted wooden Jaguar dance mask with applied (real) tusks, leather tongue and ears, glass eyes, and porcupine quills popping out everywhere at an antique shop in Newburyport, MA and knew it had to come home with me. I have since found others similar (including in museum collections) and know that it likely came from Guererro in Mexico, and likely dates to the 1980s or so. From what I understand, there is no real