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Juan Negro Candelito Mask
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Museum of International Folk Art
Department
Latin America
Juan Negro Candelito Mask
Name
Mask
Date
c. 1960
Place made
CHINAMPA, VERACRUZ, Mexico, North America
Medium
Wood, Fiber
Dimensions
36 1/4 x 5 1/2 x 5 5/16 in. (92 x 14 x 13.5 cm)
Object number
FA.1995.50.4
Collections
Latin America
Description
Blk., carved wood w/jutting nose; bundled, tied natural gray-tan fibers sewn on as beard and eyebrows, and similar fibers braided into long queve. Ptd. mustache is silver, red, w/marks on cheeks also. 3 MA.COLS. P on side chin.
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