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..  ----- During the Moors & Christians dance, they will fight each other representing the Crusade. Spaniards brought the dance to Guatemala telling tall tales about their victory over the Muslim Invasion. The Dance is sometimes called “12 Pares de Francia” -12 Pairs of France, in a reference to Charlemagne and the Catholic overcome. The Christian side is represented with blond, white-pale skin characters; meanwhile the Moors are portrayed with black hair and dark skin. This piece has extraordinary carved golden painted hair, eyebrows, moustaches and chin beard. Notice the superb blue glass eyes that give the piece a unique look. The mouth has pink painted lips; the light blue chin represents the recently shaved beard of the character. The exaggerated red skin represents the sunburned skin of the Cristiano. The edge of the piece has holes that were formerly used to attach cloth that symbolized the neck of his shirt. This unique piece has many different layers of paint and extraordinary patina that tell us the long journey the piece had.