DepartmentLatin America
Tlacololero Mask
NameMask
Artist
Artist unrecorded
Datec. 1965
Place madeTotolzintla?, Guerrero, Mexico, North America
MediumWood, paint
Dimensions9 1/16 × 6 7/8 × 4 5/16 in. (23 × 17.5 × 11 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Gift of Kathleen and Robert Kaupp, A.1983.51.43
Object numberA.1983.51.43
Description"Tlacololero." Carved, painted. Red skin, black hair, beard, eyebrows and moustache. Bulblike nose with flaring nostrils. Wrinkles carved in cheeks and between eyes. Mouth protrudes with moon-shaped slit hole.
c. 1965