DepartmentLatin America
Young Male Mask for Los Manueles Dance
NameMask
Artist
Artist Not Recorded
Datec. 1965
Place madeSan Miguel Huayapan, Guerrero, Mexico, North America
MediumWood, paint
Dimensions8 7/16 × 6 11/16 × 5 11/16 in. (21.5 × 17 × 14.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Kathleen and Robert Kaupp, A.1983.51.25
Object numberA.1983.51.25
DescriptionCarved, painted, inserted. Pink-tan ground for skin, brown for hair, eyebrows and moustache, red lips. Carved out moon shapes above eyes for wearers view. Holes for nostrils. Nose and chin carved to extend. Small brown dot below mouth.
c. 1965