DepartmentLatin America

La Borracha (Drunken Woman) Dance Mask for Dance of the Little Bull

NameMask

Artist Artist unrecorded

Dateca. 1960

Place madeSilao, Los Baños, Guanajuato, Mexico, North America

MediumWood, paint

Dimensions10 5/8 × 8 1/4 × 4 15/16 in. (27 × 21 × 12.5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, IFAF Collection, FA.2013.16.10

Object numberFA.2013.16.10

DescriptionMan's face with black hair and sideburns in front of carved ears. Black hair, pinkish face. Red lips and green eyes painted on next to eyeholes. Holes for nostrils at base of carved nose. Small amounts of blood dripping from nostrils and cuts on cheek and forehead. Hole carved for mouth.