Negrito mask

NameMask

Artist Artist Not Recorded

Place madeGuatemala, Central America

MediumWood, paint

Dimensions7 7/8 × 6 7/16 × 4 5/16 in. (20 × 16.3 × 11 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Douglas Greene and Miriam Smith, A.2017.12.8

Object numberA.2017.12.8

DescriptionWooden mask depicting a male, human face. Skin painted black and hair is a yellowish color. Mask has curling hair along the top edge, small side burns, a large mustache and a beard. The beard is two pointed cones from either side of the chin. The teeth of the mask are visable and painted white. There are holes for the eyes and two small ones above the eyes.