The Mayan Masks - Studies in Pre-columbian Art and Archaeology.

Guillaume J.A. Bresso* is a french anthropologist, art historian, and copist. His research interests include the early cultures of Mesoamerica. .. In 2012, the jade masks of the mayas were on exhibit at the paris Pinacothèque museum for the first time outside Mexico. These are funerary masks, created to facilitate the deceased’s passage into the underworld by transfiguring him as the divinity. .. Jade was an obvious choice for the Mayas: firstly, their territory did not contain gold, and secondly, the stone’s blue-green color is reminiscent of the most essential elements of their cosmology. .. On This occasion, masks were measured and listed by C.S Pozzi Espinosa and G.j.A. Bresso. ..