DepartmentLatin America
Mask
NameMask
Artist
Artist Not Recorded
Datec. 1965
Place madeHuitzapula, Guerrero, Mexico, North America
MediumWood, paint, animal skin with hair (goat?)
Dimensions10 1/4 × 7 3/8 × 4 1/2 in. (26 × 18.7 × 11.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Kathleen and Robert Kaupp, A.1983.51.23
Object numberA.1983.51.23
DescriptionCarved, painted, nailed. Carved, painted, black ground with white teeth. White slits under eyes. Eyeholes carved out. Nose protrudes. Hair on skin. Skin nailed to back of mask.Mid-20th century
ca.1940s
1920-1972
ca. 1970