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Pastorela mask
Pastorela mask
Pastorela mask
Museum of International Folk Art
DepartmentLatin America

Pastorela mask

NameMask
Artist Artist Not Recorded
Datec. 1950
Place madeMexico, North America
MediumWood, paint, glass
Dimensions10 × 6 7/8 × 4 5/16 in. (25.4 × 17.4 × 11 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.6.706
Object numberA.1979.6.706
DescriptionVery simply carved. Worn, painted face with blue vein-like streaks. Clear glass eyes with black dots. Open mouth in horizontal heart shape. Rectangular eyehole slits above eyes.
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