DepartmentLatin America

Dance Mask for Carnival Dances

NameMask

Artist Artist Not Recorded

Dateca. 1960

Place madeSanta Lucia, Hidalgo, Mexico, North America

MediumWood, paint, twine

Dimensions8 7/16 × 7 1/16 × 3 15/16 in. (21.5 × 18 × 10 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, IFAF Collection, FA.2013.16.15

Object numberFA.2013.16.15

Collections

Latin America

DescriptionWhite face with black highlighting around eyes, mouth and chin. Tapering cylindrical nose shaped by bending thin sheet of wood. Holes for eyes and mouth with single hole at base of protruding nose.

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