Mexico Masks Rituals Hand cut and embossed by

Hand cut and embossed by PALOMA USING vegetable tanned leather from  Herman Oaks tannery in Saint Louis Missouri

White smooth bone handle

eroticism and death―is the most seductive

the Dittrick Museum and the Vrolik Museum

Mexico Masks Rituals Hand cut and embossed bySince 1985, photographer Phyllis Galembo has traveled extensively to photograph sites of ritual dress in Africa and the Caribbean. In her latest body of work, collected in this new publication, Galembo turns to Mexico, where she captures cultural performances with a subterranean political edge. Using a direct, unaffected portrait style, Galembo captures her subjects informally posed but often strikingly attired in traditional or ritualistic dress. 196