Vintage Mexican Conquistador Retablo Mask
$350.00
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A well carved Conquistador Mask depicting a a bearded Spaniard with coiled Quetzalcoatl on his head, the Aztec Creator God.
A fascinating mask in that many historians attribute the ease of the Cortez conquest of the Aztecs was due to the Dragon prow on Cortez ship causing the Aztecs to believe that he was a manifestation of Quetzalcoatl
Enamel on wood.