Gandarva Bazar

Mazatlán


Cross this creeper-choked courtyard gallery and jump from stone to stone across the little moat to check out colorful Mexican masks and dolls made from gourds. Other offerings include antique African masks, handmade Mexican journals, and some interesting reproduction Chinesco (an early-1st-millennium culture in Nayarit) ceramics too.


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