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Mask, Animal
Mask, Animal
Mask, Animal
Museum of International Folk Art
DepartmentLatin America

Mask, Animal

NameMask
Artist Artist unrecorded
Place madeMichoacan, Mexico, North America
MediumHandcarved wood, paint, goat horns, fur
Dimensions14 3/16 × 6 11/16 in. (36 × 17 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, museum purchase, A.1966.65.2
Object numberA.1966.65.2
DescriptionAmple opening for human face at back, wood carved very thin. Enamel black, red and white paint, apparently representing a deer rather than a cow. Blistering paint shows older red and white paint in different pattern beneath.
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