DepartmentLatin America

Mask, Toro (Bull)

NameMask

Artist Artist Not Recorded

Datec. 1950

Place madeGuatemala, Guatemala, Central America

MediumWood, paint

Dimensions7 1/2 × 9 7/16 × 6 5/16 in. (19 × 24 × 16 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.17.833

Object numberA.1979.17.833

Collections

Latin America

DescriptionCarved; horns nailed on. Bull painted gray and white with black decorations on forehead and nose. Large black eyes. Red carved mouth; painted pink tongue licks nose. Horns painted silver.

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