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.. ----- Exquisite ceremonial dance mask representing an old woman who represents the hunter’s wife in the Deer Dance. Notice the pale skin highlighted with large sunburned blushes in cheeks nose, ears and even the chin. Tiny red lips frame a few teeth. Thick carved grey hair carvings are highlighted by rolling curls on the forehead. Tiny painted eyelashes and eyebrows decorate the lovely brown glass eyes. The paint has small fractures in the skin and show many different layers as a sign of the many times that the piece has been painted during the years. In Guatemalan Dances, women are not allowed to perform, so a man dressed as a woman will use this mask. A smooth backside patina tells the many adventures and events that this piece has overcome. The branding “11 AO” can be seen in the mask’s upper edge.