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San Antonio Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by the Folk Art Acquisition Fund.

Azteca/Conquista dance mask

San Antonio Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by the Folk Art Acquisition Fund.
San Antonio Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by the Folk Art Acquisition Fund.
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Azteca/Conquista dance mask

Artist:
Place made:Veracruz, Mexico
Date: c. 1975
Dimensions:
17 3/4 x 10 x 8 3/4 in. (45.1 x 25.4 x 22.2 cm)
Credit Line: San Antonio Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by the Folk Art Acquisition Fund
Object number: 86.146.28
Label Text
The Danza de la Conquista, or dance of the Conquest, is a traditional Mexican ceremonial dance. The version of this dance that features this mask retells the Spanish-Aztec War that resulted in the Spanish colonization of Mexico. This mask represents a Spaniard, symbolized by the white face of the mask, coming into contact with an Aztec warrior, symbolized by the person wearing a feather headdress at the center of the mask.

El “Baile de la Conquista” es un baile tradicional en México. La versión de esta danza que adopta esta máscara narra la guerra Hispano-Azteca que resultó en la colonización de México por los españoles. Esta máscara representa a un español, simbolizado por la cara blanca de la máscara, entrando en contacto con un guerrero azteca, representado por la figura con un tocado de plumas en la parte central de la máscara.

(LA, 2020)
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