DepartmentLatin America
Muerte Mask for Tecuanes Dance
NameMask
Maker
Efraín Jiménez Ariza
Date1987
Place madeAcatlán de Osorio, Puebla, Mexico, North America
Mediumwood
Dimensionsoverall: 36 X 27 X 19 CM
Object numberFA.1988.7.6
DescriptionMask: face of death. Carved and painted wood. Painted white with outlines in brown and black. Eyes pink and gray; brown and blond hair glued to top of forehead (horsehide and hair?). Holes drilled in sides for string to attach to head.Fumigated by freezing 2/88.
1950
