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Mask
Mask
Mask
Museum of International Folk Art
DepartmentLatin America

Mask

NameWire screen masks
Maker Luis Alfonso Chuiluiza Balarezo
Date1992
Place madeSalcedo, Cotopaxi, Ecuador, South America
MediumMetal, wire screen, paint, animal hair
Dimensions7 1/2 x 6 3/8 x 2 15/16 in. (19.1 x 16.2 x 7.5 cm)
Credit LineIFAF Collection
Object numberFA.1992.126.40x
Collections
Description3 pcs with painted features on bright pink: one female with blue eyes and pincurls at temples. One male with reddish mustache, one with blk. hair at temples. Shaped metal screening ptd., bound w/ thin blue painted metal strip, semi circular around face, straight at top.