Mask
58-37-56
From: Mexico (Central America) | Michoacan | Uruapan
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | 58-37-56 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Tarascan (uncertain) |
Provenience | Mexico (Central America) | Michoacan | Uruapan |
Culture Area | Central American |
Section | American |
Materials | Wood | Pigment |
Description | Modern wooden mask, made for dances or for tourist sale. Human faces, rude carved-out interiors; smoothed, generally painted exteriors. Eyes and mouth perforated. Caucasian type; large-white-ivory color; long beard; eyes painted black and white. |
Height | 29 Measurement Unit Not Provided |
Credit Line | Bequest of Harry B. Wright, 1958 |
Other Number | L-256-12 - Old Loan Number |
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