DepartmentLatin America
Viejo (Xita) Dance Mask for Corpus Christi Festival
NameMask
Maker
Estela Ogazon
CultureMazahual Otomí
Dateca. 1960
Place madeTemascalcingo, Mexico, Mexico, North America
MediumAgave stalk, vegetable fiber
Dimensions14 × 10 7/16 × 7 in. (35.5 × 26.5 × 17.75 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, IFAF Collection, FA.2013.16.3
Object numberFA.2013.16.3
DescriptionMask carved with slightly curving face and cheeks, raised nose. Holes carved for eyes. Lips incised with faint smile. Woven hat with braided hair attached to top of head with twine.
Artist unrecorded
ca. 1960
