DepartmentLatin America

Tlacololero Mask

NameMask

Artist Artist Not Recorded

Datec. 1965

Place madeTlacoltlan Totlzintla, Guerrero, Mexico, North America

MediumWood, gesso, paint

Dimensions9 1/4 × 7 3/8 × 5 7/8 in. (23.5 × 18.7 × 15 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Kathleen and Robert Kaupp, A.1983.51.67

Object numberA.1983.51.67

Collections

Latin America

DescriptionCarved, gessoed, painted black ground, white face. Eyebrows, moustache painted black. Mouth, nostrils, pupils, outlines of eyes, crow's feet, sides of nostrils, painted red. Irises painted green. Eyeholes carved out between eyes, cheeks.

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