DepartmentLatin America

Mask, Animal

NameMask

Artist Artist not recorded

Place madeMichoacan, Mexico, North America

MediumHandcarved wood, paint, goat horns, fur

Dimensions14 3/16 × 6 11/16 in. (36 × 17 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, museum purchase, A.1966.65.2

Object numberA.1966.65.2

Collections

Latin America

DescriptionAmple opening for human face at back, wood carved very thin. Enamel black, red and white paint, apparently representing a deer rather than a cow. Blistering paint shows older red and white paint in different pattern beneath.

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