DepartmentLatin America

Moor mask

NameMask

Artist Artist not recorded

Place madeGuerrero, Mexico, North America

MediumWood, paint

Dimensions8 11/16 × 5 1/2 in. (22 × 14 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, museum purchase, A.1966.65.3

Object numberA.1966.65.3

Collections

Latin America

DescriptionEuropean man, open mouth and eye slits, extra short nose, hair parted at one side. Lettered on beard "Entonces que?" (Now what?). Better carved than other 2.

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