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Vtg HUATRILA CHUTO Tunantada Dance Folk Face Mask Leather Hand Made in Peru RARE
$ 26.39
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Description
Vtg HUATRILA CHUTO Tunantada Dance Folk Face Mask Leather Hand Made in Peru RAREDIMENSIONS:
15.5" IN x 8.5" in x 3" in
TITLE: Chuto / Huatrila
TYPE: mask
GENERAL REGION: Latin America
COUNTRY: Peru
SUBREGION: Jauja
ETHNICITY: Quechua
DESCRIPTION: Chuto
MAKER: Unknown
CEREMONY: Tunantada; Chonginada
AGE: 1979
MAIN MATERIAL: leather
OTHER MATERIALS: wool; glass eyes; pigment
The
Tunantada
is a dance performed in the Jauja region of Peru during the January Festival of San Sebatián and San Fabián, patron saints of the town. Dancers in wire mesh masks represent the Spaniards, who oppress the
chutos
, or Amerindians. The dance-drama satirizes all the groups of the colonial period. The
huatrila
is a kind of clown
chuto
who personifies the first Jaujan (
Hatun Runa
). It is a group dance, in which each character of the set performs different steps to the rhythm of a single melody.