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Muerte Mask for Tecuanes Dance
Muerte Mask for Tecuanes Dance
Muerte Mask for Tecuanes Dance
Museum of International Folk Art
DepartmentLatin America

Muerte Mask for Tecuanes Dance

NameMask
Maker Efraín Jiménez Ariza
Date1987
Place madeAcatlán de Osorio, Puebla, Mexico, North America
Mediumwood
Dimensionsoverall: 36 X 27 X 19 CM
Object numberFA.1988.7.6
Collections
DescriptionMask: face of death. Carved and painted wood. Painted white with outlines in brown and black. Eyes pink and gray; brown and blond hair glued to top of forehead (horsehide and hair?). Holes drilled in sides for string to attach to head.
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