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Monkey mask
Monkey mask
Monkey mask
Museum of International Folk Art
DepartmentLatin America

Monkey mask

NameMask
Artist Artist Not Recorded
Datec. 1965
Place madeTlacotlan Totozintla, Guerrero, Mexico, North America
MediumWood, gesso, paint
Dimensions9 × 6 7/8 × 4 11/16 in. (22.8 × 17.5 × 11.9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Kathleen and Robert Kaupp, A.1983.51.69
Object numberA.1983.51.69
DescriptionCarved, pegged, glued, gessoed, painted black ground. Mouth, crow's feet, outlines of eyes painted red - pupils green-black. Rest of eyes, space between nose and mouth painted white. White paint unevely dashed around face.
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