Name/Title

Mask

Entry/Object ID

1986.07.037

Description

Half male/ half skull mask. Male face side has curvilinear carved hair, eyebrow, moustache; overall white; crescent open slits above eye for wearer; carved teeth; skull side overall white, open eye hole, nostril and jaw; carved teeth. Use: Worn in the cemetary streets for Noche de Muertos.

Artwork Details

Medium

Copaligo Wood, Lacquer, Wood

Made/Created

Artist

Juan Horta Costillo

Date made

1986

Ethnography

Culture/Tribe

Tarascan, Mexican

Dimensions

Width

6-1/4 in

Depth

3 in

Length

8-1/4 in

Dimension Notes

8 1/4" L x 6 1/4" W x 3" D