DepartmentLatin America

Animal mask

NameMask

Artist Artist Not Recorded

Datec. 1960

Place madeMichoacan, Mexico, North America

MediumWood, paint, horn, leather

Dimensions10 3/16 × 11 × 3 9/16 in. (25.9 × 28 × 9 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.6.423

Object numberA.1979.6.423

Collections

Latin America

DescriptionCarved, painted silver, blue and red face. Real animal horns painted white with red. Black leather ears. Horns attached to head with nails.

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