Viejo Mask

NameMask

Artist Artist Not Recorded

Date19th century

Place madeMichoacan, Mexico, North America

MediumWood, paint

Dimensions7 3/16 × 7 1/4 × 4 1/2 in. (18.2 × 18.4 × 11.5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.7.839

Object numberA.1979.17.839

Collections

DescriptionCarved, painted face of greyish pallor with pink cheeks. Painted eyes under cut out peep holes. Cut out mouth, no hair.

Efraín Jiménez Ariza

1987

Efraín Jiménez Ariza

1987

ca. 1970

ca. 1960

Artist Not Recorded

c. 1965

Darío Soteno Léon

1997

Estela Ogazon

ca. 1960

1960

Artist Not Recorded

c. 1965

Artist Not Recorded

c. 1960

Isais "El Chaparrito" Olvera

1983

Artist Not Recorded

ca. 1960