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Masks, birds
Masks, birds
Masks, birds
Museum of International Folk Art
DepartmentLatin America

Masks, birds

NameMask
DateCA 1960, STAFF
Place madeCelaya, Guanajuato, Mexico, North America
MediumPaper, Paint
DimensionsOverall: 5 3/4 x 3 3/8 x 6 1/8 in. (14.6 x 8.6 x 15.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.3.399X.
Object numberA.1979.3.399X
DescriptionPapier-mache, moldmade, painted blue and white, curved beak. //
Three masks in the shape of bird faces. White face with protruding beak, pink circles around eyes, and blue paint around the outer edges of the mask.
Curing Set (Cuadrilla)
Darío Soteno Léon
1997
Mold for Making Masks, Viejito/ Old Man
Artist unrecorded
20th century
MASK
CA 1960, STAFF
Masks, witches
CA 1965, STAFF
Curing Set, Juego del Aire (for adult)
María del Refugio Reyes Hernandez
1997
Calavera Masks
Artist unrecorded
CA 1960, STAFF
Birds and Bikers
Paul Graubard
2002
Panol masks
Artist unrecorded
c. 1930
Figure, woman with bird on head
Herón Martínez Mendoza
CA 1960, STAFF