DepartmentLatin America

Tigre Mask for Tecuanes Dance

NameMask

Artist Artist Not Recorded

Dateca 1965, staff

Place madeAcatlán de Osorio, Puebla, Mexico, North America

MediumWood

Dimensionsoverall: 39.3 CM H X 32.6 CM W X 22 CM D

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Kathleen and Robert Kaupp, A.1983.51.80

Object numberA.1983.51.80

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Latin America

DescriptionCarved, painted yellow ground. Black spots, wrinkles, eyes, lips, nose painted black. Mouth, ears painted red. Muzzle, outlines of eyes painted gray. Eyeholes carved out between eyes and muzzle. Whiskers, nose, eyes, mouth carved in relief.