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Mask
Mask
Mask
Museum of International Folk Art
DepartmentLatin America

Mask

NameMask
Artist Artist Not Recorded
Datec. 1965
Place madeTixtla, Guerrero, Mexico, North America
MediumWood, gesso, paint
Dimensions9 1/4 × 7 5/16 × 4 1/2 in. (23.5 × 18.5 × 11.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Kathleen and Robert Kaupp, A.1983.51.68
Object numberA.1983.51.68
Description"Santiago" carved, gessoed, painted pink-white ground. Black hair, eyebrows, moustache and beard. Lips protrude with incision cut between them. Large triangular protruding nose. Pink lips and line under eyes. Large black dots for pupils.