Negrito Mask for Dance of the Negritos (Winter Dances)

NameMask

CulturePurepecha

Dateca. 1950

Place madeOcumicho, Michoacán, Mexico, North America

MediumWood, metal, beads, tinsel, glass, ribbons, sequins, foil

Dimensions46 1/16 × 10 1/16 × 8 7/16 in. (117 × 25.5 × 21.5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, IFAF Collection, FA.2013.16.23

Object numberFA.2013.16.23

Collections

Latin America

DescriptionElaborate black mask with slots carved above eyes representing eyebrows. Red lips with shiny cut-out metal teeth in partly open mouth. Nostrils carved into nose. Multi-colored beaded crown with cracked circular mirror in center. Colored streamers and tinsel hanging down from sides and back of crown.