El Tiempo (Time) Dance Mask for Dance of the Pastorela (Christmas Dances)

NameMask

Artist Gorgonio Candelario C.

CultureNahua

Date1995

Place madeSuchitlán, Colima, Mexico, North America

MediumWood, paint

Dimensions12 5/8 × 8 1/16 × 4 15/16 in. (32 × 20.5 × 12.5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, IFAF Collection, FA.2013.16.25

Object numberFA.2013.16.25

Collections

Latin America

DescriptionCarved white mask with four eyes, three noses and three mouths. Center mouth open. Black moustache, sideburns and triple beard. Black eyebrows and eyelashes. Red, gold, yellow, blue and black crown with four triangular points and white smiling sun at center with gold and yellow triangular rays highlighted with red.