DepartmentLatin America
Fariseo Dance Mask for Semana Santa Holy Week Festival
NameMask
CultureHuastec
Dateca. 1950
Place madeTanlajas, San Luis Potosi, Mexico, North America
MediumWood, leather, hair, horn, metal nails, rubber
Dimensions30 × 3 1/8 × 6 1/2 in. (76.2 × 7.9 × 16.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, IFAF Collection, FA.2013.16.1
Object numberFA.2013.16.1
DescriptionBicolored head, protruding nose, eyes, lips. Painted leather ears and very long tongue. Deer horns on top. Colors: red, yellow, blue, black and white. Long beard made from black and white animal hair.
ca. 1970
Early-mid 20th Century
1920-1972
1975