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Eco-diablo Mask - Wild Boar Transformation
$290.00
Code: IEDM006
Size: 18" tall/9 ¾”wide (46 x 25 cms)
Carved and painted balsa wood mask, signed by the mask maker, Alberto Leiva of Boruca village. This mask type is a transformation, or 'alter-ego' mask. In the shamanic world-view, a shaman, or warrior, would have their own nagual popularly known as totem animal. In this case, the traditional Brunka tribal mask used in ceremony, known as the 'diablitos', are in fact representations of the Brunka people themselves (both in the past and in the present) in their centuries-old conflict with 'sikua' (non-aboriginal peoples) society and pressures - dedicated to territorial protection and the defense of their traditional lifeways.
Size: 18" tall/9 ¾”wide (46 x 25 cms)
Carved and painted balsa wood mask, signed by the mask maker, Alberto Leiva of Boruca village. This mask type is a transformation, or 'alter-ego' mask. In the shamanic world-view, a shaman, or warrior, would have their own nagual popularly known as totem animal. In this case, the traditional Brunka tribal mask used in ceremony, known as the 'diablitos', are in fact representations of the Brunka people themselves (both in the past and in the present) in their centuries-old conflict with 'sikua' (non-aboriginal peoples) society and pressures - dedicated to territorial protection and the defense of their traditional lifeways.