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DepartmentLatin America

Spaniard mask

NameMask
Artist Artist Not Recorded
Place madeCobán, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala, Central America
MediumWood, paint, glass
Dimensions9 1/16 × 7 1/2 × 7 13/16 in. (23 × 19 × 19.8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Douglas Greene and Miriam Smith, A.2017.12.28
Object numberA.2017.12.28
DescriptionWooden mask depicting a male, human face. Skin of the face is a gray color while the eyebrows, mustache, and beard are all a greenish color. The eyes are small and glass with small holes above them, and the nose and mustache are large and protruding.
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