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Mask
Mask
Mask
Museum of International Folk Art
DepartmentLatin America

Mask

NameMask
Artist Artist unrecorded
Datec. 1965
Place madeTepoztlan, Morelos, Mexico, North America
MediumMetal, paper, horsehair, paint
Dimensions7 3/8 × 6 5/16 × 4 7/8 in. (18.8 × 16 × 12.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Gift of Kathleen and Robert Kaupp, A.1983.51.41
Object numberA.1983.51.41
DescriptionWire gauze molded in the shape of a face. Painted pink. Lips painted red. Eyelashes, pupils, painted black. Rest of the eye painted white. Long protruding beard, curving upward, moustache, eyebrows, made of white-yellow horsehair.