Metadata
Title
Chapayeca Mask
Alternative title
Chapayeka chóomo
Creator
Yaqui tribe
Created
2008
Type
Description
Original object (physical):
Dimensions: 46 X 36 X 28 cm.
Leather technique
Description
Chapayeca mask handcrafted in tanned leather, painted with enamel, and hair and horsehair applications. His appearance is anthropomorphic with grotesque purposes, he has a hook-shaped nose, crooked teeth, and ears that resemble those of a bat painted red.
It is used by members of the Order of the Chapayecas or Pharisees throughout Lent. The reason for its appearance is to represent those who, according to the Catholic religion, killed Jesus: Jews and Roman soldiers. There is a great diversity of chapayeca masks, since each of them, in addition to representing the Pharisees, also symbolizes the sins of the members of the community. Through the mask, other aspects of the person who represents it can be known, for example, if it brings a large feather, the person, in addition to being a chapayeka, is a matachín or matachín musician; if he brings monkfish naka (colored flecks) it means that he is also an "ophysio" (being a pascola dancer, deer dancer, "tampaleo" or pascola drummer, deer singer or violinist).
This particular mask was made by an artisan for display purposes in the museum, the reason for this being that all the original masks are burned on Holy Saturday at the Judas bonfire, a ritual of purification."
Subject
Religion and culture--Sonora (Mexico : State)--Holy Week | Religious dance--Mexico | Sculpture--Mexico--Ethnic groups
Format
Still image / jpg
Spatial
Sonora , Cócorit
Temporal
2001 - 2010
Is part of
Hall of traditional festivities, Museum of the Yaqui people
Provenance
Museum of the Yaqui people. Sinaloa and Obregon No. 200, Cocorit, Cajeme, Sonora
Acquired for the reopening of the museum in the town of Cócorit. It is exhibited in the traditional festival room of the Museum.
Language
eng , yaqui
Date
2021-09-14
Identifier
Web Catalogación Obregón 2016 - 2619
ISC-CGPC-MY-0003
RS-OM-MEY-03
Relationship
Chapayeca knife | Chapayeca Sword | Chapayeca Mask | Banners of red cultural participants and chapapayecas | Chapayeca | Chapayeca flute | Drum
Contributor
Sonoran Institute of Culture
Casanova, Juan (photography)
Buitimea Flores, Teodoro; Ruiz Félix, José María (investigation)
Valencia, Carlos ; The Yaqui Pride Project (translation to english)
License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Rights
Sonoran Institute of Culture
