Stela of Xicomecoatl
Stela of Xicomecoatl
Seated Female Ancestor Sculpture
Seated Female Ancestor Sculpture
Bronze Sculpture of Penitent Priest
Bronze Sculpture of Penitent Priest
Traditional Mexican Dance Mask
Traditional Mexican Dance Mask
Pascola Dancer Mask
Pascola Dancer Mask
Traditional Mexican Dance Mask
Traditional Mexican Dance Mask
Traditional Mexican Dance Mask
Traditional Mexican Dance Mask
Traditional Mexican Dance Mask
Traditional Mexican Dance Mask
Traditional Mexican Dance Mask
Traditional Mexican Dance Mask
Traditional Mexican Deer Mask
Traditional Mexican Deer Mask
Jaguar Dance Mask (Tecuani)
Jaguar Dance Mask (Tecuani)
Bronze Sculpture of Penitent Priest
Bronze Sculpture of Penitent Priest
Tastuan Ritual Devil Mask
Tastuan Ritual Devil Mask
Traditional Mexican Dance Mask
Traditional Mexican Dance Mask
Ancient Xochipala Clay Figurines
Ancient Xochipala Clay Figurines
Traditional Mexican Dance Mask
Traditional Mexican Dance Mask
Museo Rafael Coronel and Folk Art Collection
Museo Rafael Coronel and Folk Art Collection
Zapotec Jaguar God Pottery Figure
Zapotec Jaguar God Pottery Figure
Traditional Mexican Dance Masks
Traditional Mexican Dance Masks
Zapotec Costume Mask from Oaxaca
Zapotec Costume Mask from Oaxaca
Traditional Mexican Devil Masks
Traditional Mexican Devil Masks
Deer Mask with Snakes
Deer Mask with Snakes
Zapotec Jaguar God Pottery Figure
Zapotec Jaguar God Pottery Figure
Traditional Mexican Dance Mask
Traditional Mexican Dance Mask
Xochipala Ceramic Figurines
Xochipala Ceramic Figurines
Traditional Mexican Dance Mask
Traditional Mexican Dance Mask
Cocijo, Zapotec God of Lightning and Rain
Cocijo, Zapotec God of Lightning and Rain
Traditional Mexican Dance Mask
Traditional Mexican Dance Mask
Traditional Mexican Dance Mask
Traditional Mexican Dance Mask
Traditional Mexican Demon Mask
Traditional Mexican Demon Mask
Cocijo, Zapotec God of Lightning and Rain
Cocijo, Zapotec God of Lightning and Rain
Traditional Mexican Dance Mask
Traditional Mexican Dance Mask

Rafael Coronel MuseumMuseo Rafael Coronel

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Rafael Coronel Museum inhabits the roofless 16th c. Franciscan convent of San Francisco in Zacatecas, where weathered cloisters make the act of looking an encounter with time. Built from the painter Rafael Coronel’s collection, it is famed for thousands of masks that trace Mexican ritual life—dance, satire, devotion, and festival—shaped by Indigenous tradition and colonial reinvention. Pre-Hispanic works, including a stela of the maize goddess Xicomecoatl, reach back to older ideas of sustenance and sacred power.