DepartmentLatin America

Mask

NameMonkey Mask

Artist Artist Not Recorded

Dateca. 1970

Place madePujilí, Cotopaxi, Ecuador, South America

MediumWood, paint

Dimensions9 13/16 x 8 13/16 x 4 7/16 in. (25 x 22.4 x 11.3 cm)

Credit LineIFAF Collection

Object numberFA.1993.69.3

Collections

Andean Folk Art

DescriptionPink monkey head; protruding humanoid ears; staring eyes with eyeholes outlined in blue and wht. Grinning mouth w/ teeth. Blue, wht. paint around sides of face and over nose to indicate fur. One gold tooth.

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