Behind the mask in Mexico
/ Janet Brody Esser, editor ; Museum of International Folk Art
- Santa Fe, NM : Museum of International Folk Art, Museum of New Mexico Press , c1988
- 351 p. : illus. ; 32 cm.
Catalog of an exhibition. Sponsored by the Museum of International Folk Art, June 1988 -Sept. 1990
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Mexican masks are not only admire for their intrinsic plastic value as aesthetic objects but because they play a central role and are so closely linked to the fevor, the ethic, and the vigor with which a town dresses itself in order to define and celebrate itself.
English.
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Museum of International Folk Art, NM---Exhibitions
Indian masks---Exhibitions---Mexico Indians of Mexico---Rites and ceremonies Masks---Mexico Festivals---Mexico