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Calavera Masks
Calavera Masks
Calavera Masks
Museum of International Folk Art
DepartmentLatin America

Calavera Masks

NameMask
Artist Artist unrecorded
DateCA 1960, STAFF
Place madeCELAYA, Guanajuato, Mexico, North America
MediumPapier-mâché, glitter, foil, paint
DimensionsSkull with red hat: 9 × 6 1/4 × 3 in. (22.86 × 15.875 × 7.62 cm)
Yellow Skull: 9 5/8 × 5 7/8 × 4 3/4 in. (24.4475 × 14.9225 × 12.065 cm)
Pink Skull: 10 × 5 7/8 × 4 1/2 in. (25.4001 × 14.9225 × 11.43 cm)
White skull, pink eyes: 10 1/8 × 6 × 3 3/4 in. (25.7176 × 15.24 × 9.525 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Girard Foundation Collection
Object numberA.1979.3.401X
DescriptionSkull faces, papier-mache, painted, mold made
Dolls
Artist unrecorded
CA 1960, STAFF
Acrobat dolls
Artist unrecorded
c. 1960
Set of Skeleton Musicians
Artist unrecorded
CA 1956, A. GIRARD
Sofia
Artist unrecorded
c. 1993
Skeleton figure with Green Sombrero
Artist unrecorded
CA 1956, A. GIRARD
Donkey dancers
CA 1960, STAFF
Doll
Artist unrecorded
Circa 1994 AD
Dolls
Artist unrecorded
c. 1960
Toy Monkey Heads
Artist unrecorded
CA 1960, STAFF
Tanuki
c. 1960