DepartmentLatin America
Young Male Mask for Los Manueles Dance
NameMask
Maker
Ruperto Abraham
Datec. 1965
Place madeTixtla, Guerrero, Mexico, North America
MediumWood, paint, gesso
Dimensions8 1/16 × 6 11/16 × 4 1/8 in. (20.5 × 17 × 10.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Gift of Kathleen and Robert Kaupp, A.1983.51.50
Object numberA.1983.51.50
DescriptionCarved, painted, gessoed, pegged and glued. Pink-tan ground. Cigarette protruding from mouth. Brown eyebrows, stylized small moustache, two teardrop shapes. Wrinkles between eyes and crows feet painted brown, blue pupils.
