DepartmentLatin America
Mask, Spaniard/Christian for Baile de la Conquista
NameMask
Artist
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Place madeGuatemala, Central America
MediumWood, paint
Dimensions5 9/16 × 4 3/4 × 3 5/8 in. (14.2 × 12 × 9.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Douglas Greene and Miriam Smith, A.2017.12.16
Object numberA.2017.12.16
DescriptionWooden mask depicting a male human face. Skin is a pale, cream color with slight rosy color on the cheeks and lips. The hair, sideburns, eyebrows, and mustache are painted a greenish-brown with hints of yellow. The hair and sideburns appear to be curly. Mask has two eyeholes and two smaller holes above the eyes.
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c. 1965
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ca. 1970
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