Description
Classic Older Balsa Wood Mask – Boruca Village
This evocative ceremonial Brunka chieftain mask was worn by a participant in the tribe’s annual ceremonial, Danza de los Diablitos over a three year period: 2003-2005 in the indigenous village of Boruca (narural balsawood and adorned with hawk and ‘nightjar’ feathers). It was worn in this annually celebrated and venerable juego/danza by a mask maker from this village.
This powerful mask, in reality, is a mask honouring an ancestor – as a defender of Brunka lifeways and their ancestral lands. Once this mask is strapped over the head of the jugador (masked participant), the transformation is complete and makes for a stunning and rather threatening effect.
- Artist: Alonso Gonzalez
- Tribe: Brunka (Boruca)
- Size: 9″ x 17″
