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DepartmentLatin America

Mask

NameMask

DateCA 1960, STAFF

Place madeTonala, Jalisco, Mexico, North America

MediumCeramic, Paint

DimensionsOverall: 7 5/16 x 49 5/8 x 2 15/16 in. (18.5 x 126.1 x 7.5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.5.445X.

Object numberA.1979.5.445X

Collections

Latin America

DescriptionMold made and hand-built ceramic masks. They are painted with multicolors, human and animal motif, varnished. Tostoanes dance. Used with ixtle fiber hair; bull is not part of Tastoanes - Fred Meiers.

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Julian Acero

CA 1960, STAFF

Julian Acero

CA 1960, STAFF

Julian Acero

CA 1960, STAFF

Khon mask in the form of a yaksha (ogre / demon)

Khon mask in the form of a yaksha (ogre / demon)

Artist Not Recorded

Late 20th century

Khon mask in the form of a monkey

Khon mask in the form of a monkey

Artist Not Recorded

Late 20th century

CA 1960, STAFF

Elephant (aka) Mask (mbap mteng)

Elephant (aka) Mask (mbap mteng)

Mid 20th Century AD

Mold for Making Masks, Viejito/ Old Man

Mold for Making Masks, Viejito/ Old Man

Artist Not Recorded

20th century

CA 1960, STAFF

Artist Not Recorded

Mask, Miniature

Mask, Miniature

CA 1960, STAFF

Mid-20th century