DepartmentLatin America

Tlacololero Mask

NameMask

Artist Artist Not Recorded

Datec. 1965

Place madeTotolzintla?, Guerrero, Mexico, North America

MediumWood, paint

Dimensions9 1/16 × 6 7/8 × 4 5/16 in. (23 × 17.5 × 11 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Gift of Kathleen and Robert Kaupp, A.1983.51.43

Object numberA.1983.51.43

Collections

Latin America

Description"Tlacololero." Carved, painted. Red skin, black hair, beard, eyebrows and moustache. Bulblike nose with flaring nostrils. Wrinkles carved in cheeks and between eyes. Mouth protrudes with moon-shaped slit hole.

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