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DepartmentLatin America

Devil mask

NameMask
Artist Artist Not Recorded
Dateca.1960
Place madeEl Pueblito, Queretaro, Mexico, North America
MediumWood, metal, paint, fabric, leather, hair, animal horn
Dimensions18 1/2 × 20 1/4 × 4 3/4 in. (47 × 51.5 × 12 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Gift of Eleanor Bender Joseph, A.2015.23.26
Object numberA.2015.23.26
DescriptionWooden mask with balck face and horns, silver decorative lines and two red lines painted on the top left and right corners of mask. The horns are large and curving with silver tips and are screwed on the mask. A red fabric tongue is nailed on the interior of mask, while the carved mouth, moustache and eyebrows are created from hair which is attached by a painted leather thong.
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