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DepartmentLatin America

Huehue Mask

NameMask
Artist Artist unrecorded
Dateca. 1960
Place madeVeracruz, Mexico, North America
MediumWood, twine, paint
Dimensions8 7/16 × 5 1/2 × 5 1/2 in. (21.5 × 14 × 14 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Gift of Eleanor Bender Joseph, A.2015.23.23
Object numberA.2015.23.23
DescriptionWooden mask with deep red face, white widely spaced teeth, and black hair, sideburns, eyebrows, goatee, slight handlebar mustache, and black-ringed eyes. Two carved nostrils.
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