Male "Chuta" festival mask
NameMask
Artist
Artist unrecorded
Date1999
Place madeLa Paz, Bolivia, South America
MediumWire, metal, paint, horse hair, acrylic yarn, plastic, paper, glue
DimensionsOverall: 8 11/16 x 9 1/16 x 4 5/16 in. (22 x 23 x 11 cm)
Credit LineGift of Barbara Mauldin
Object numberA.2010.7.2
DescriptionHot pink wire screen mask with a large black beard, mustache and blue eyes. The ends of the narrow mustache tipped with large blue, white and silver yarn tassels. The beard covered with metalized blue and silver paper sunbursts with silver sequin centers. Blue and silver sequins surround the eyes, and the eyebrows are formed of metalized blue paper with a row of "pearl" beads glued on. Silver sequins on the forehead and mustache..
