Catrin Mask Attributed to Pedro Amador Reyes Jurez

This Catrin mask is attributed to Pedro Amador Reyes Juez from the Tlatemp community in Tlaxcala, Mexico. These carnival mask festivities are made mainly of wood covered with oil-based paint, glass eyes, cattle-hair eyelashes, gold foil, metal hardware, cotton string, and leather straps. In Tlatelpan, Tlaxcala, the family of Pedro A. Reyes is very well known for their mastery of making these masks, with their distinctive blue interior. Frequently, the masks have gold teeth and beauty marks, like this one, and include an ingenious spring mechanism attached to a string, which allows the masquerader to blink.