DepartmentLatin America
Mold for Making Masks, Viejito/ Old Man
NameMold for Making Masks
Artist
Artist Not Recorded
Date20th century
Place madeCELAYA (PROBABLY), Guanajuato, Mexico, North America
MediumClay
Dimensions7 5/16 × 6 7/16 × 3 15/16 in. (18.5 × 16.3 × 10 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, International Folk Art Foundation Collection, FA.1973.83.121
Object numberFA.1973.83.121
DescriptionUsed to make papier-mache masks for the dance of "Los Viejitos." Face of an old man with wrinkled forehead and open mouth.
Artist Not Recorded
1st quarter 20th C.
c. 1890-1910
Artist Not Recorded
