DepartmentLatin America

Diablo Mask for Day of the Dead Festival

NameMask

CultureAfro-Mexican

Dateca. 1990

Place madeCuajiniquilapa, Guerrero, Mexico, North America

MediumCardboard, deer horn, animal hair, fiber, paint, glitter, wire, twine

Dimensions27 15/16 × 12 × 9 7/16 in. (71 × 30.5 × 24 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, IFAF Collection, FA.2013.16.5

Object numberFA.2013.16.5

Collections

Latin America

DescriptionFace shaped from cardboard painted white with gold glitter stripes glued on. Purple paint on eyes, lips, and ears. Bundles of long, black animal hair attached to cheeks and coming out of prominnent nose, chin. Horns attached to forehead with wire. Woven hat and upright ears tied to top of head.