DepartmentLatin America

Viejo Lucas Mask for Tecuanes Dance

NameMask

Artist Artist Not Recorded

Datec. 1965

Place madeAcatlán de Osorio, Puebla, Mexico, North America

MediumWood, paint, glass

Dimensions10 1/4 × 9 1/16 × 14 9/16 in. (26 × 23 × 37 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Kathleen and Robert Kaupp, A.1983.51.20

Object numberA.1983.51.20

Collections

Latin America

DescriptionCarved, painted, glued. White-pink base. Black hair, long protruding nose with red tip. Hair with curved incisions for stylization. Mouth carved into wide heart-shape with four white teeth. Interior mouth black, two marbles inserted for eye.