DepartmentLatin America

Tigre mask

NameMask

Maker Juan Bello

Datec. 1965

Place madeChilapa, Guerrero, Mexico, North America

MediumPaper, paint, organic, glass

Dimensions15 15/16 × 11 7/16 × 11 13/16 in. (40.5 × 29 × 30 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Kathleen and Robert Kaupp, A.1983.51.7

Object numberA.1983.51.7

Collections

Latin America

DescriptionPaper mache, inserted and glued, pianted yellow. Ground with black stipes. Red around eyes, nostrils, mouth, tongue and ears. Mouth tan-pink. Black vertical stripe from back of head to nose. Teeth are white with vertical stripes of black.

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