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DepartmentLatin America

Tigre Mask

NameMask
Artist Artist Not Recorded
Dateca.1970
Place madeSuchiapa?, Chiapas, Mexico, North America
MediumWood, glue, paint, metal, horn, plaster
Dimensions8 7/16 × 7 1/2 × 4 3/4 in. (21.5 × 19 × 12 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Gift of Eleanor Bender Joseph, A.2015.23.27
Object numberA.2015.23.27
DescriptionCirculary wooden mask which is a carved half a sphere with a yellow and black spotted face, silver nose and forehead and a red mouth and irises. The carved, mostly black, horn ears are separate and possibly glued on mask.
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