"The Devil", Panama Carnival, c.1910, Real Photo Postcard art exhibition poster and excellent for the hand-eye

and excellent for the hand-eye coordination

Detail photos show how marvelous the figure is--with a very primitively painted (and I think super expressive) face

and which arrive to us now like gifts from the past

16” tall and in very good condition

It feels very much to me as if it belonged to a sailor

"The Devil", Panama Carnival, c.1910, Real Photo Postcard art exhibition poster and excellent for the hand-eyeI purchased a small box lot of otherwise mostly uninteresting photo postcards this week just to have this one and how could I not?! This early 20th century Diablo stands in front of the Iglesia de la Merced (Chuch of the Mercy) in the historic Casco Viejo neighborhood in Panama City. The tradition of Diablo carnivals in Panama is a deep and complex one, with different incarnations of the devil specific to different regions. The roots are in the