Pascola mask

NameMask

Maker Manuel Centella Escalante

CultureYaqui

Datec. 1950

Place madePitaya, SONORA, Mexico, North America

MediumWood, paint, goat hair, glass

DimensionsIncludes beard and eyebrows. : 16 15/16 × 5 1/2 × 3 15/16 in. (43 × 14 × 10 cm)
Mask only: 7 5/16 × 5 1/2 × 3 15/16 in. (18.5 × 14 × 10 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Toby Herbst, A.2020.14.7

Object numberA.2020.14.7

ProvenanceDonald A. (Toby) Herbst (2019) – Donor to museum, purchased from Richard Felger Richard Felger – Purchased from Barney Burns, sold to Toby Herbst Barney Burns - Purchased from Ramiro Torres, sold to Richard Felger Ramiro Torres – purchased from?, sold to Barney Burns

DescriptionCarved wood mask with white on black paint throughout face, and red on lips. Shorter tufts of goat hair along brow area, and longer tufts along each side of face and chin area. Cross on forehead, with white trianbles along outside edges of face.