DepartmentLatin America
Catrina Mask for Dance of the Huehuetones
NameMask
CultureNahua/Otomi
Datec. 1965
Place madeZacapoaxtla, Puebla, Mexico, North America
MediumWood, gesso, paint
Dimensions6 7/8 × 5 7/8 × 3 3/4 in. (17.5 × 14.9 × 9.6 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Kathleen and Robert Kaupp, A.1983.51.76
Object numberA.1983.51.76
DescriptionCarved, gessoed, painted pink-tan ground. Hair, eyebrows, pupils, eye outlines painted brown. Lips painted red. Teeth, rest of eyes painted white. Outlines between teeth painted brown. Eyeholes carved out above eyes.
