Mask

NameWire screen masks

Artist or 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

Andean Folk Art

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.