Malinche mask

NameMask

Artist Artist Not Recorded

Place madeGuatemala, Central America

MediumWood, paint, glass

Dimensions6 1/8 × 5 1/2 × 4 1/4 in. (15.6 × 14 × 10.8 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Douglas Greene and Miriam Smith, A.2017.12.6

Object numberA.2017.12.6

DescriptionWooden mask depicting a human face. Mask is painted with a realistic palette, a yellow-brown for the skin, light brown for the hair, and a rosy color for the tip of the nose, cheeks and lips. Small features. The eye on the right has a glass eye in the hole in the mask, while the left is missing the glass eye. Mask has two small holes above the eyes.