Qhapac Qolla Dance Mask
Artist
Artist unrecorded
Date1954
Place madeCuzco, Peru, South America
MediumWool
Dimensions13 1/2 × 7 3/4 × 5 1/2 in. (34.29 × 19.685 × 13.97 cm)
ClassificationsClothing, Ensemble
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Emilie Baca Putnam, A.1954.18.1
Object numberA.1954.18.1
DescriptionHand knit mask; white face with shaped nose and chin, embroidered with red lips, eye slits and nostrils. Brown eyebrows, cross at forehead, diamond shaped cheek patches and thin mustache. Narrow tassel at top of head, ribbing at neck. Fits over head.On View
Not on viewCollections
1983
ca. 1950
