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Dance of the Negritos Mask
Dance of the Negritos Mask
Dance of the Negritos Mask
Museum of International Folk Art
DepartmentLatin America

Dance of the Negritos Mask

NameMask
Artist Artist unrecorded
Dateca. 1960
Place madeHuánuco, Huánuco, Peru, South America
MediumWood, paint
DimensionsOverall: 7 7/8 x 7 3/16 x 4 15/16 in. (20 x 18.3 x 12.5 cm)
Credit LineIFAF Collection, purchase with funds from the Laura and Dan Boeckman Foundation
Object numberFA.2002.35.1
Collections
DescriptionBlack face mask with large protruding nose, oval mouth with red lips. Eye holes under blue lined lids. Line of gold along top edge of mask; two round, four-part designs on cheeks.