Pedro Alvardo mask

NameMask

Artist Artist unrecorded

Dateca. 1940

Place madeGuatemala, Central America

MediumWood, paint, twine, metal

Dimensions7 5/16 × 5 1/2 × 3 3/8 in. (18.5 × 14 × 8.5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Gift of Eleanor Bender Joseph, A.2015.23.32

Object numberA.2015.23.32

DescriptionWooden mask with pink face, rosy cheeks and ears, dark brown hair, and dark red lips. Teeth look to be presented as somewhat decayed. Long, pointed goatee. The brown-green eyes are made of glass or plastic doll's eyes. Lower eyelashes painted on and upper eyelashes are imitation but look real. Hair, sideburns, and beard and mustache are very decoratevely carved. Extra set of eye holes carved in above the eyes.