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Meco Mask
Meco Mask
Meco Mask
Museum of International Folk Art
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
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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