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
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.
c. 1965
