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
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.
1955 - 1958