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Mask
Mask
Mask
Museum of International Folk Art
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.
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