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Moor mask
Moor mask
Moor mask
Museum of International Folk Art
DepartmentLatin America

Moor mask

NameMask
Artist Artist unrecorded
Datec. 1965
Place madeMochitlan, Guerrero, Mexico, North America
MediumWood, paint, dried grass, twine
Dimensions8 3/8 × 5 7/16 × 3 3/4 in. (21.2 × 13.8 × 9.6 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Gift of Kathleen and Robert Kaupp, A.1983.51.59
Object numberA.1983.51.59
DescriptionCarved painted black moustache and beard, green eyes with red outline on eyes, nose, mouth. Dried grass tied through mouth hole; twine tied through holes in forehead.