DepartmentLatin America

Inca Vieissimo Dance Figure

NameFigure

Maker Santiago Rojas Alvarez (Peruvian, born 1918)

Date1979

Place madeCuzco, Cuzco, Peru, South America

Mediumwood, fiber, organic

Dimensions7 7/8 in. (20 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, International Folk Art Foundation Collection, FA.1980.26.42V

Object numberFA.1980.26.42V

Collections

Latin America

DescriptionCarved maguey wood; coated and molded with gesso, glue, moldmade face. Pineapple headdress, snaky hair. Dressed in rows of fringe made of animal hair. Long nose with wart, beard. Holds staff topped with pineapple in left hand.Part of Sakksa Tussukk dance group...con't