Cara = Face

93-13-167

From: Guatemala

Curatorial Section: American

Object Title Cara = Face
Native Name Cara
Object Number 93-13-167
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Guatemalan
Provenience Guatemala
Culture Area Central American
Date Made 1960's
Section American
Materials Paint | Wood
Technique Carved
Iconography Face
Description

Cara. Painted light flesh tone. Black, thick textured hair with two curls in center. Textured moustache and painted goatee; sideburns also painted black. Flared nostrils. Smiling with silver upper teeth; wide eyes with carved outlines around them.

Credit Line Purchased from Robert M. Hill II, 1993
Other Number #161 - Other Number

Report problems and issues to digitalmedia@pennmuseum.org.