Ocumicho wood painted salamander mask wooden Mexican Mexico folk art vintage

Ocumicho wood painted salamander mask wooden Mexican Mexico folk art vintage
Ocumicho wood painted salamander mask wooden Mexican Mexico folk art vintage
Ocumicho wood painted salamander mask wooden Mexican Mexico folk art vintage
Ocumicho wood painted salamander mask wooden Mexican Mexico folk art vintage
Ocumicho wood painted salamander mask wooden Mexican Mexico folk art vintage
Ocumicho wood painted salamander mask wooden Mexican Mexico folk art vintage
Ocumicho wood painted salamander mask wooden Mexican Mexico folk art vintage

Ocumicho wood painted salamander mask wooden Mexican Mexico folk art vintage
Ocumicho Mask Mexican Wood carving Masks Folk Art OCUMICHO MASK: It is approximately 10 inches in length and 7 inches in width (with ears approximately 15.5 inches in width). Beautifully hand painted mask with salamanders on each side. Ocumicho is located in the mountainous forests of the Meseta Tarasca in the central part of the state of Michoacan. Ocumicho is an indigenous Purepecha community of 6000 people, organized as bienes comunales (common lands). Though Ocumicho’s primary economic base is forestry, subsistence agriculture and handcrafts, Ocumicho people have made clay sculptures, toys, erotic figures, banks and colorful masks since the regime of Bishop Quiroga in the 1530s. The Quiroga tradition continues today, and the village occupies an important place in regional barter and commercial markets. The ocumicho masks are renowned for they are unique animal designs, colorful and detailed handpainted. This unique piece have lots of detail. Each piece is unique because hand crafted individually. All are always diferents. The item “Ocumicho wood painted salamander mask wooden Mexican Mexico folk art vintage” is in sale since Monday, December 30, 2019. This item is in the category “Art\Folk Art & Indigenous Art”. The seller is “brailleback” and is located in Phoenix, Arizona. This item can be shipped to United States, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, Sweden, South Korea, Indonesia, Taiwan, Thailand, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Bahamas, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Norway, Saudi arabia, United arab emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Croatia, Malaysia, Chile, Costa rica, Dominican republic, Panama, Trinidad and tobago, Guatemala, El salvador, Honduras, Jamaica, Aruba, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Saint kitts and nevis, Turks and caicos islands, Bangladesh, Brunei darussalam, Bolivia, Ecuador, Egypt, French guiana, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Macao, Martinique, Nicaragua, Peru, Pakistan, Paraguay, Viet nam, Uruguay, Russian federation, Canada, South africa, Colombia, Antigua and barbuda, Saint lucia, Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman islands, Sri lanka, Maldives, Oman, Reunion, Montserrat, Ukraine.
  • Subject: Masks
  • Type: Paintings
  • Material: Wood
  • Style: Folk Art
  • Region of Origin: Mexico

Ocumicho wood painted salamander mask wooden Mexican Mexico folk art vintage