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Mask of Xiuhtecuhtli: A 600-year-old mask of the Aztec fire god taken as treasure by conquistadors
In fact, the mask's raised turquoise may depict the wart-faced god Nanahuatzin, who, according to Aztec mythology, sacrificed ...
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The mask is put on. The line between reality and illusion, god and man, life and death blurs ... photographer Phyllis Galembo has traveled Africa and Haiti documenting the art of the masquerade.