Large Totonac Mask Accessories created by Siesta and featuring

created by Siesta and featuring selections of our much loved Fair Trade items from around the world

He is easily identified by his elephant head

These colourful Mexican masks are handmade in the traditional 'barro' style and are fired in a small kiln before being carefully hand painted

The use of bone as a material for mallah beads is said to be for use only by those with great compassion and altruistic will

reflecting the many hands involved in its creation and making every piece unique

Large Totonac Mask Accessories created by Siesta and featuringThis large, attractive Totonac mask features a stylized smiling face typical of the region and era. A smiling expression can often be seen on both masks and full figure statues, but it makes an intriguing feature as it was rare to see emotion depicted elsewhere in Mesoamerican art. The Totonac are an indigenous people of Mexico, believed to have inhabited the city of Teotihuacan, home of the most architecturally significant Mesoamerican pyramids the