Devil mask

NameMask

Artist Artist Not Recorded

Dateca.1960

Place madeEl Pueblito, Queretaro, Mexico, North America

MediumWood, metal, paint, fabric, leather, hair, animal horn

Dimensions18 1/2 × 20 1/4 × 4 3/4 in. (47 × 51.5 × 12 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Gift of Eleanor Bender Joseph, A.2015.23.26

Object numberA.2015.23.26

Collections

Latin America

DescriptionWooden mask with balck face and horns, silver decorative lines and two red lines painted on the top left and right corners of mask. The horns are large and curving with silver tips and are screwed on the mask. A red fabric tongue is nailed on the interior of mask, while the carved mouth, moustache and eyebrows are created from hair which is attached by a painted leather thong.