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That's why these feel different — because they're authentic.\" - Lalo Lugo\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"mexican-goat-dance-mask-carved-wood","title":"Máscara Chivo Cuernos Rallados \/ Shaved Horn Goat Mask","description":"\u003cp\u003eGoat dance mask with striated horns, carved in the Zitlala-Tixtla region of Guerrero circa 1990. This piece dates back to the ritual and festive tradition of the Nahua peoples; it was created to be used in the dance of the goats or in the variants of the dance of the devils in the central region of Guerrero.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis piece is sourced from Bazar de Lalo, our flagship partner in Cuernavaca, Mexico. For decades Cuernavaca has attracted artists, intellectuals, and collectors from around the world, creating a pocket of rich culture and artistry. 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The masks that incorporate an animal sprouting or devouring the face represent the pre-Hispanic concept of Nahualism; the presence of the feline right above the nose symbolizes that the dancer acquires the strength, the sense of smell, and the spirit of the jaguar during traditional dances.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis piece is sourced from Bazar de Lalo, our flagship partner in Cuernavaca, Mexico. For decades Cuernavaca has attracted artists, intellectuals, and collectors from around the world, creating a pocket of rich culture and artistry. Bazar de Lalo, the 10 year old creation of artist Lalo Lugo, taps into this depth: an immersive space where antiques, folk art, and rare crafts converge into a breathtaking catalogue. 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For the ancient Nahua people, the coyote was the personification of Huehuecóyotl (meaning \"Old Coyote\"), the god of dance, music, cunning, and festivity. Wearing his face allowed the dancer to temporarily transform, acquiring the wisdom and agility of the animal. In dances like those of Los Tecuanes or Los Tlacololeros (focused on asking for good harvests and rain), the animals represent the wild forces of nature that coexist with the people of the countryside. The coyote embodies intelligence, survival, and daring. Sometimes it takes on the role of a predator stalking livestock, and at other times it helps the farmers by acting unpredictably or comically during the performance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis piece is sourced from Bazar de Lalo, our flagship partner in Cuernavaca, Mexico. For decades Cuernavaca has attracted artists, intellectuals, and collectors from around the world, creating a pocket of rich culture and artistry. 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The Bat Myth (Camazotz): In the pre-Hispanic worldview, the bat god was directly associated with death, sacrifice, and the underworld. For this reason, artisans often depict its face with skeletal or skull-like features to emphasize its connection to the realm of the dead. In traditional dances from the colonial and mestizo periods (such as the Dance of the Devils or Nativity plays), artisans carve malevolent beings or spirits with skull-like faces and webbed wings to inspire respect or fear.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis piece is sourced from Bazar de Lalo, our flagship partner in Cuernavaca, Mexico. For decades Cuernavaca has attracted artists, intellectuals, and collectors from around the world, creating a pocket of rich culture and artistry. Bazar de Lalo, the 10 year old creation of artist Lalo Lugo, taps into this depth: an immersive space where antiques, folk art, and rare crafts converge into a breathtaking catalogue. 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This piece represents a hunting dog, wolf, or coyote, designed specifically for the Dance of the Tecuanes (or variants from the Nahuatl region of Guerrero). The choreography narrates the efforts of a community of farmers and hunters to capture a jaguar (Tecuani, meaning \"the one who eats people\" or wild beast) that attacks their livestock. In the traditional story, the hunters use tracking dogs to locate the beast's lair. The dancer wearing this mask portrays that protective animal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis piece is sourced from Bazar de Lalo, our flagship partner in Cuernavaca, Mexico. For decades Cuernavaca has attracted artists, intellectuals, and collectors from around the world, creating a pocket of rich culture and artistry. Bazar de Lalo, the 10 year old creation of artist Lalo Lugo, taps into this depth: an immersive space where antiques, folk art, and rare crafts converge into a breathtaking catalogue. 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In the context of the region's festive dances and carnivals, the rabbit represents several elements. Ancestrally, the rabbit is strongly linked to fertility, the moon, and cycles of agricultural abundance. Within the groups or troupes, the characters who wear zoomorphic masks of animals such as rabbits, goats, or badgers fulfill the role of jesters or creators of chaos. Their job is to interact directly with the public, make jokes, playfully scare children, and guide the rhythm of the parade by breaking the rigidity of the dance lines.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis piece is sourced from Bazar de Lalo, our flagship partner in Cuernavaca, Mexico. For decades Cuernavaca has attracted artists, intellectuals, and collectors from around the world, creating a pocket of rich culture and artistry. Bazar de Lalo, the 10 year old creation of artist Lalo Lugo, taps into this depth: an immersive space where antiques, folk art, and rare crafts converge into a breathtaking catalogue. 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In the pre-Hispanic worldview, the jaguar, representing the underworld and the earth, and the serpent, representing water and fertility, are intimately connected. Artisans fused both animals into a single piece to enhance its ritual significance. With the arrival of the Spanish, the pre-Hispanic jaguar figure blended in some communities with the iconography of the devil or fantastic creatures from the Old World. This gave rise to hybrid masks that combine feline features with disproportionate fangs and sometimes horns.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis piece is sourced from Bazar de Lalo, our flagship partner in Cuernavaca, Mexico. For decades Cuernavaca has attracted artists, intellectuals, and collectors from around the world, creating a pocket of rich culture and artistry. Bazar de Lalo, the 10 year old creation of artist Lalo Lugo, taps into this depth: an immersive space where antiques, folk art, and rare crafts converge into a breathtaking catalogue. 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This composition, an animal with a skull emerging from its jaws, has entirely pre-Hispanic roots. It represents the duality between life and death, or the concept of the Nahual, the animal spirit that protects or devours the human being. Such complex pieces with integrated skulls were often used in the dance of the Tlacoleros or in local variations of the dances of the devils and of death, where the jaguar acts as a force of nature or a collector of souls.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis piece is sourced from Bazar de Lalo, our flagship partner in Cuernavaca, Mexico. For decades Cuernavaca has attracted artists, intellectuals, and collectors from around the world, creating a pocket of rich culture and artistry. Bazar de Lalo, the 10 year old creation of artist Lalo Lugo, taps into this depth: an immersive space where antiques, folk art, and rare crafts converge into a breathtaking catalogue. 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In this mask, the pattern of parallel deep wrinkles on the forehead and the single prominent fang are distinctive features of the red devil dance tradition from Michoacan. Red devils — diablos rojos — represent the forces of evil in traditional Pastorela and Danza de Diablos performances, where their exaggerated facial features contrast dramatically with the saints and angels who oppose them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis piece is sourced from Bazar de Lalo, our flagship partner in Cuernavaca, Mexico. For decades Cuernavaca has attracted artists, intellectuals, and collectors from around the world, creating a pocket of rich culture and artistry. Bazar de Lalo, the 10 year old creation of artist Lalo Lugo, taps into this depth: an immersive space where antiques, folk art, and rare crafts converge into a breathtaking catalogue. 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