Quechultenango, Guerrero

6 inches long, painted wood

Performers in the Pescado (fish) dances generally wear black masks portraying the skilled Negro fisherman, called Costeños, who live along the Guerrero coast. The natives admire their dark-skinned brothers, even though the evil Moors are usually depicted as blacks in many other Mexican dances. A hole is cut through the lip to hold a cigarette, or, as in this example, a fat wooden cigarette has been inserted.

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