Máscaras: Rostros de la Alteridad - Masks: Faces of Otherness - Artes de México

Máscaras: Rostros de la Alteridad - Masks: Faces of Otherness - Artes de MéxicoMasks: Faces of Otherness. This issue of Artes de Mxico explores the history, meaning and uses of masks among indigenous communities in Mexico. In these pages, anthropologists argue that, within the context of the ritual, masks are artifacts that open the door to other times and spaces, allowing those who wear them to establish relationships with beings from other realms. The experts take us with them on their travels to meet different ethnic groups

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Mary Jane Gagnier

The ceramicists of Tlaquepaque invented a decorative style that reaffirmed their past while becoming a precursor to the movement to re-evaluate folk art

D 28 cm (11”)

traditionally used as a religious display

is a traditional form of raw sugar

warm tortillas

Written by: Luis González Obregón

D 10 cm (4”)

The shades of natural clay play together with smoke and create amazing patterns on these small bowls made by Francisco from Oaxaca

This issue explores the history and cultural references of this emblematic liquor