DepartmentLatin America

Pescador Mask and Tlacolero Mask

NameMask

Artist Artist Not Recorded

Datec. 1960

Place madeGuerrero, Mexico, North America

MediumWood, paint

Dimensions5 7/8 × 6 1/8 × 3 9/16 in. (15 × 15.5 × 9 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.6.33X

Object numberA.1979.6.33X

Collections

Latin America

DescriptionCarved; painted black with red facial details, cut-out areas below eyes and between lips, protruding chin.
Mask with painted eyes: Tlacolero Mask for Tlacolero Dance
Mask without painted eyes: Pescador Mask for Pescadores Dance

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