DepartmentLatin America

Charro or Paraguero Mask

NameMask

Artist Artist unrecorded

Date1987

Place madePapalotla, Tlaxcala, Mexico, North America

Mediumwood

Dimensionsoverall: 20 X 16.5 X 13 CM

Object numberFA.1988.7.8

DescriptionMale face mask. Carved, gessoed, painted flesh-colored face with pink cheeks, nose, chin, and lips. Brown moustache, eyebrows, and beauty mark on right cheek, white and gold teeth, all painted. Glass brown eyes and hair eyelashes.Fumigated by freezing 2/88. See FA.1988.7-7