Mold for Making Masks, Viejito/ Old Man

NameMold for Making Masks

Artist Artist not recorded

Date20th century

Place madeCELAYA (PROBABLY), Guanajuato, Mexico, North America

MediumClay

Dimensions7 5/16 × 6 7/16 × 3 15/16 in. (18.5 × 16.3 × 10 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, International Folk Art Foundation Collection, FA.1973.83.121

Object numberFA.1973.83.121

Collections

DescriptionUsed to make papier-mache masks for the dance of "Los Viejitos." Face of an old man with wrinkled forehead and open mouth.

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Early - mid-20th century (before 1970)

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CA 1960, STAFF

Kunibo Wada

c. 1950

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1987

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1987

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n.d.

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Collected 1961-1962

Blade 19th C., handle early 20th C.

1st quarter 20th C.