DepartmentLatin America

Devil masks

NameMasks

Artist Artist Not Recorded

Datec. 1960

Place madePaucartambo, Cuzco, Peru, South America

MediumPlaster, paint, varnish

Dimensions7 11/16 × 6 3/8 × 4 5/16 in. (19.5 × 16.2 × 11 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.44.983X

Object numberA.1979.44.983X

Collections

Andean Folk Art

DescriptionOne has horns, ears, gold teeth with snake around elephant trunk nose, shark and seal. Green brown, pink, red, orange. One with bird shape for nose, horns and cheeks and yellow snake from forehead to nose. Primarily green and orange. // $75 ea. Hand-built, moldmade; pinched. Painted with brightly colored poster paints, varnished. Features, decorations added.