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

Collections

Latin America

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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