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Baile de Huacon (Alcalde)
Baile de Huacon (Alcalde)
Baile de Huacon (Alcalde)
Museum of International Folk Art
DepartmentLatin America

Baile de Huacon (Alcalde)

NameMask
Artist Artist Not Recorded
Dateca. 1960
Place madeHuancayo, Junín, Peru, South America
MediumWood, paint, varnish
DimensionsOverall: 8 1/4 x 5 1/8 x 3 1/2 in. (20.955 x 13.0175 x 8.89 cm)
Credit LineIFAF Collection, purchase with funds from the Laura and Dan Boeckman Foundation
Object numberFA.2002.35.6
Collections
DescriptionDark brown male face. Has carved holes for eyes, horizontal. Very large protruding nose. Open mouth has red lips, two rows of teeth: upper row has two teeth left out. Cheeks sunken. Shiny surface overall.
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