DepartmentLatin America

Mask

NameMask

Artist Artist Not Recorded

Datec. 1965

Place madeHuitzapula, Guerrero, Mexico, North America

MediumWood, paint, animal skin with hair (goat?)

Dimensions10 1/4 × 7 3/8 × 4 1/2 in. (26 × 18.7 × 11.5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Kathleen and Robert Kaupp, A.1983.51.23

Object numberA.1983.51.23

Collections

Latin America

DescriptionCarved, painted, nailed. Carved, painted, black ground with white teeth. White slits under eyes. Eyeholes carved out. Nose protrudes. Hair on skin. Skin nailed to back of mask.

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