Mask

58-37-57

From: Mexico (Central America) | Michoacan | Uruapan

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 58-37-57
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 Grotesque ;prominent nose; unnatural lips with inset teeth. Black with red lips, black and white eyes, yellow eyebrows.

Credit Line Bequest of Harry B. Wright, 1958
Other Number L-256-13 - Old Loan Number

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