DepartmentLatin America
Vieja Mask for Los Manueles Dance
NameMask
Maker
Ruperto Abraham
Datec. 1965
Place madeTixtla, Guerrero, Mexico, North America
MediumWood, paint, gesso
Dimensions9 7/16 × 8 7/8 × 4 15/16 in. (24 × 22.5 × 12.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Gift of Kathleen and Robert Kaupp, A.1983.51.52
Object numberA.1983.51.52
DescriptionCarved, painted, gessoed. Tan-pink grond. Mouth carved out with 3 protruding white teeth. Black mole on right cheek. Protruding ears. Carved wrinkles on cheeks around mouth. Red wrinkles painted between eyebrows. Red crowsfeet, mouth.
c. 1965