Artisan Crafted Traditional Wood Mask - Purple Maya Jaguar Embellished Accessories green serpentine

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Artisan Crafted Traditional Wood Mask - Purple Maya Jaguar Embellished Accessories green serpentine'I like making jaguar heads because they remind me of my Maya ancestors. To them the jaguars protected the fields and mountains. They regarded the jaguar as a deity that they honored at the beginning of a harvest,' says Jose Canil Ramos. According to Maya cosmogony, the jaguar is represented by the Ix day of the Maya calendar. It symbolizes strength and vigor, as well as feminine and feline energies. Canil carves the mask by hand from pinewood and