The following item belongs to the range of “Antique and Rare Items of the Casa de Artes’ Treasures Series”. This item can only be purchased online using PAYPAL or a US Dollar Check sent to our P.O. Box address in Florida, USA. For buying instructions please contact us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. ----- This beautiful piece represents a landlord or “Patron” that performs at the Patzcar Dance. This ceremony is a very good example of the Indigenous view about the European colonization and the Western Culture. The white faced Boss, the Patzcar owns the ranch or “Finca”, and he has a wife or daughter, the “Patzcarina”; the plot of the ceremony is the life at the ranch and the cowboys (all wearing crude black masks) that work at it. There will be a contest to prove the manhood of the cowboys and it consist in fighting each other with whips (for real) to earn the love of the Patzcarina. The winner will take her away, fooling the boss. All the Patzcar Masks have white skin, moustaches and sunburned cheeks (red dots on cheeks and chin), indicating the European roots. Notice the thick carved black painted eyebrows and stylish white painted eyelashes and elegant moustaches giving the character a stylish look. Magnificent patina on the back denotes use.