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Negrito mask for Winter dances
Negrito mask for Winter dances
Negrito mask for Winter dances
Museum of International Folk Art
DepartmentLatin America

Negrito mask for Winter dances

NameMask
Artist Artist Not Recorded
Datec. 1960
Place madeCheran, Michoacan, Mexico, North America
MediumWood, paint, varnish
Dimensions8 1/4 × 6 5/16 × 4 15/16 in. (21 × 16 × 12.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.6.466
Object numberA.1979.6.466
DescriptionCarved; painted black, red lips; varnished. Distinctive, small features. Holes bored along top and under chin to add hair and beard (missing).