DepartmentLatin America

Muerte Mask for Tecuanes Dance

NameMask

Artist Artist Not Recorded

Datec. 1965

Place madeAcatlán de Osorio, Puebla, Mexico, North America

MediumWood, paint

Dimensions12 3/8 × 10 7/16 × 10 1/8 in. (31.4 × 26.5 × 25.7 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Kathleen and Robert Kaupp, A.1983.51.21

Object numberA.1983.51.21

Collections

Latin America

DescriptionCarved, painted. white-tan ground. Black cross painted between eyes. Eye holes carved, sockets painted black. Nose carved in, painted black. Teeth outlined in black. Crossbones outlined in black on each cheek. Black squiggly line painted.

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