DepartmentUnited States & Canada

"Parrot Pottery Print" face mask

NameFacial Covering

Maker ACONAV

CultureAcoma Pueblo; Navajo

Date2021

(not assigned)Arizona, United States, North America

MediumCotton, elastic

Dimensions3 1/2 × 17 in. (8.89 × 43.1801 cm)
without ear loops: 3 1/2 × 8 1/4 in. (8.89 × 20.955 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Museum Purchase, A.2022.7.1

Object numberA.2022.27.1

Provenance2021: Purchased by curator, Laura Addison, directly from ACONAV

DescriptionWhite fabric mask with brown and black Pueblo style parrot pottery print on the outside. Inside is a brown fabric and earloops are made of black elastic. Parrot Pottery Print Face Mask by ACONAV (Loren Aragon, Acoma Pueblo). For one of his series of masks, designer Loren Aragon transposed Acoma Pueblo pottery designs to printed fabric. From an extended family of potters and textile artists, Aragon sees his design work as a means of preserving Pueblo culture. He refers to his mask series as “protective styling.”