DepartmentLatin America

Chivo Mask for Carnival

NameMask

Artist Artist Not Recorded

Datec. 1975

Place madeSan Bartolo Tutotepec, Hidalgo, Mexico, North America

MediumWood, organic, metal, fiber

Dimensions30 5/16 x 13 3/16 x 2 7/8 in. (77 x 33.5 x 7.3 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Rick Dillingham, A.1992.114.4

Object numberA.1992.114.4

Collections

Latin America

DescriptionFace and horns gray, pink, red, blk. Horns from big horned sheep, wht. tips, Horse hair beard. Metal bells attached to horns. Arched wire attached to horns, covered w/ ribbons, grn. fringe, red thread w/ pom-poms. Blk. shoelaces threadedthrough holes at top of mask.