Tastoan Dance Mask for Dance of the Tastoanes

NameMask

CultureMeotizo

Dateca. 1980

Place madeSan Juan Ocotlán, Jalisco, Mexico, North America

MediumFiber board, wood, paint, animal hair, twine

Dimensions29 15/16 × 9 1/16 × 14 15/16 in. (76 × 23 × 38 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, IFAF Collection, FA.2013.16.4

Object numberFA.2013.16.4

Collections

Latin America

DescriptionProminent red nose, mouth, and tongue carved from wood and attached to face with twine. Face shaped from fiber board and painted with images of women on cheeks. Animal hair attachd to woven hat on top and flowing down back. Eyeholes cut open and opening left in chin.