DepartmentLatin America
Monkey mask
NameMask
Artist
Artist unrecorded
Date1850-1899
Place madeAlta Verapaz, Guatemala, Central America
MediumHardwood, paint
Dimensions7 1/2 × 5 3/4 × 4 7/16 in. (19 × 14.6 × 11.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Douglas Greene and Miriam Smith, A.2017.12.13
Object numberA.2017.12.13
DescriptionWooden mask depicting the face of a monkey. Mask painted a dark, greenish color, with red around the mouth and in the eyes. Simple features, small nose and mouth, large eyes. Wrinkles carved in around the nose, eyes and in the forehead. Two curved openings above the eyes.
Artist unrecorded
Artist unrecorded
Artist unrecorded
ca. 1970
Artist unrecorded