DepartmentLatin America

Catrina Mask for Dance of the Huehuetones

NameMask

CultureNahua/Otomi

Datec. 1965

Place madeZacapoaxtla, Puebla, Mexico, North America

MediumWood, gesso, paint

Dimensions8 11/16 × 7 1/16 × 4 5/16 in. (22 × 18 × 11 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Kathleen and Robert Kaupp, A.1983.51.75

Object numberA.1983.51.75

Collections

Latin America

DescriptionCarved, gessoed, painted tan-pink ground. Brown hair, eyebrows and eyelashes. Dark pupils. Slightly protruding ears with sideways "V" shapes carved in ears. Triangular protruding ears with rectangular cuts for nostrils. Protruding red lips.