DepartmentLatin America

Vieja Mask for Los Manueles Dance

NameMask

Maker Ruperto Abraham

Datec. 1965

Place madeTixtla, Guerrero, Mexico, North America

MediumWood, paint, gesso

Dimensions9 7/16 × 8 7/8 × 4 15/16 in. (24 × 22.5 × 12.5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Gift of Kathleen and Robert Kaupp, A.1983.51.52

Object numberA.1983.51.52

Collections

Latin America

DescriptionCarved, painted, gessoed. Tan-pink grond. Mouth carved out with 3 protruding white teeth. Black mole on right cheek. Protruding ears. Carved wrinkles on cheeks around mouth. Red wrinkles painted between eyebrows. Red crowsfeet, mouth.

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