Moor mask

NameMask

Artist Artist Not Recorded

Datec. 1965

Place madeTonantzintla, Guerrero, Mexico, North America

MediumWood, gesso, paint

Dimensions8 7/16 × 5 7/8 × 3 3/8 in. (21.5 × 15 × 8.5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Kathleen and Robert Kaupp, A.1983.51.16

Object numberA.1983.51.16

Collections

Latin America

DescriptionCarved wood, gessoed, painted. Male face with pink flesh, black beard and brows. Blue eyes. Nostrils and eyes are outlined in red, also has 3 short red lines between brows, on outer eyes; one on each cheek.

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