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DepartmentLatin America

Mask

NameMask

Artist Artist unrecorded

Datec. 1970

Place madeLa Paz, Bolivia, South America

MediumPlaster, fabric, fake fur, paint

Dimensions7 1/2 × 7 1/2 × 4 3/4 in. (19 × 19 × 12 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the David Thornburg Memorial Collection, A.1977.5.53

Object numberA.1977.5.53

Collections

Andean Folk Art

DescriptionMask made of plaster of paris on burlap, is painted black and has outsized African features, including fake fur beard and mustache. Eyes are blue and protruding tongue is red. Brown eyelashes are glued on.

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