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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;smallaxe, post: 2275505, member: 13430&quot;]From and extensive blog about Mexican dance masks (sadly the author of the site passed away last March) is a post about <a href="https://mexicandancemasks.com/?p=3907" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://mexicandancemasks.com/?p=3907" rel="nofollow">diablo masks of Guatamala</a>.</p><p><br /></p><blockquote><p>The next mask is one that seems prone to mislead. At first glance one sees a pair of eyes and then a pair of round holes at a higher level, just as one expects for a Guatemalan mask. Then one notices that there are vision slits over the carved eyes, while the round holes are unlikely to be a third set of eyes. Furthermore, the round holes are tapered. This is a Diablo mask that has lost its horns.</p><p><br /></p></blockquote><p>But looking at other masks, it looks more like the mask used in the <a href="https://mexicandancemasks.com/?p=4094" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://mexicandancemasks.com/?p=4094" rel="nofollow">conquest dance</a> (Español mask). In that case the holes where the eyes are may be decoration, and the holes above are for the wearer to see out of. If you hold it up to your face, which holes match your eyes?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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