DepartmentLatin America

Meco Mask

NameMask

Artist Artist Not Recorded

Datec. 1965

Place madeAlixtac, Guerrero, Mexico, North America

MediumWood, paint

Dimensions9 1/16 × 6 1/8 × 4 15/16 in. (23 × 15.5 × 12.5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Gift of Kathleen and Robert Kaupp, A.1983.51.48

Object numberA.1983.51.48

Collections

Latin America

DescriptionCarved, painted. Pink ground. Horizontal lines carved and colored black, for wrinkles. Black eyebrows, moustache, goatee. Forehead and nose extended from face. Mouth almond shape, recessed teeth colored white with black vertical lines.

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