DepartmentLatin America
El Tiempo (Time) Dance Mask for Dance of the Pastorela (Christmas Dances)
NameMask
Artist
Gorgonio Candelario C.
CultureNahua
Date1995
Place madeSuchitlán, Colima, Mexico, North America
MediumWood, paint
Dimensions12 5/8 × 8 1/16 × 4 15/16 in. (32 × 20.5 × 12.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, IFAF Collection, FA.2013.16.25
Object numberFA.2013.16.25
DescriptionCarved white mask with four eyes, three noses and three mouths. Center mouth open. Black moustache, sideburns and triple beard. Black eyebrows and eyelashes. Red, gold, yellow, blue and black crown with four triangular points and white smiling sun at center with gold and yellow triangular rays highlighted with red.
Artist Not Recorded
ca. 1970
c. 1965
