DepartmentLatin America
Fairseo mask for Semana Santa
NameMask
CultureNahua
Dateca. 1970
Place madeSan Luis de la Paz, Guanajuato, Mexico, North America
MediumWood, horn, plastic, nails
DimensionsOverall: 17 x 30 x 6 in. (43.18 x 76.2 x 15.24 cm)
Credit LineIFAF Collection
Object numberFA.2008.74.360
DescriptionSilver wood face with open slots for eyes, prominent red cheeks, black mustache, and long cross-hatched red plastic tongue. Curving horns are mostly yellow, red, green. Tongue is attached through nails and horns are screwed in.
1960's
Artist Not Recorded
Early-mid 20th Century
Artist Not Recorded