Qhapac Qolla Dance Mask

NameMask

Artist Artist Not Recorded

Date1954

Place madeCuzco, Peru, South America

MediumWool

Dimensions13 1/2 × 7 3/4 × 5 1/2 in. (34.29 × 19.685 × 13.97 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Emilie Baca Putnam, A.1954.18.1

Object numberA.1954.18.1

Collections

Andean Folk Art

DescriptionHand knit mask; white face with shaped nose and chin, embroidered with red lips, eye slits and nostrils. Brown eyebrows, cross at forehead, diamond shaped cheek patches and thin mustache. Narrow tassel at top of head, ribbing at neck. Fits over head.