DepartmentLatin America
Tigre Mask for Tecuanes Dance
NameMask
Artist
Artist unrecorded
Dateca 1965, staff
Place madeAcatlán de Osorio, Puebla, Mexico, North America
MediumWood
Dimensionsoverall: 39.3 CM H X 32.6 CM W X 22 CM D
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Kathleen and Robert Kaupp, A.1983.51.80
Object numberA.1983.51.80
DescriptionCarved, painted yellow ground. Black spots, wrinkles, eyes, lips, nose painted black. Mouth, ears painted red. Muzzle, outlines of eyes painted gray. Eyeholes carved out between eyes and muzzle. Whiskers, nose, eyes, mouth carved in relief.
