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Carnival mask
Carnival mask
Carnival mask
Museum of International Folk Art
DepartmentLatin America

Carnival mask

NameMask
Artist Artist unrecorded
Datec. 1960
Place madeMexico City?, Mexico, North America
MediumWood, gesso, paint, varnish
Dimensions18 1/8 × 10 5/8 × 15 3/8 in. (46 × 27 × 39 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Founation Collection, A.1979.6.382
Object numberA.1979.6.382
DescriptionCarved, gessoed, painted, varnished, flesh colored, hair, eyebrows, moustache, goatee modeled and painted black, eyes painted with detail, large ears above eye level on both sides, lips painted red, chin and cheeks protrude.
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