DepartmentLatin America

Diablo Mask

NameMask

Date1960's

Place madeGuanajuato, Mexico, North America

MediumWood, horn, leather, paint

DimensionsOverall: 16 x 14 x 12 in. (40.64 x 35.56 x 30.48 cm)

Credit LineIFAF Collection

Object numberFA.2008.74.359

DescriptionMostly black, head of a cow, with black and white horns. The eyes are black and red, leather ears floppy and black. There is a wide open red mouth with a red leather, projecting tongue and white fangs. A resting gray lizard with yellow markings is on the cow's forehead. Ears and tongue are attached with nails, cloth padding attached to lower inside of back of mask.