Animal or human face panel

Name/Title

Animal or human face panel

Entry/Object ID

1986.19.008

Description

Animal/human face panel. Rounded hammered eagle panel, design of a human and the spirit of the eagle; central human face had red eyes, large flattened cut out form of a crouching eagle with speckled repoussed body. Design of a human face and the spirtit of the Aguila. Details worked in repousse and paint; interior cloth-lined. Central human face has red eyes, black hair and black eyebrows, white face, rosy cheeks, oval-open mouth withsmall teeth; small chin cup soldered on the back.

Artwork Details

Medium

Paint, Coppr, cloth-lined interior.

Made/Created

Artist

Family or stable of metal workers.

Date made

1900 - 1970

Ethnography

Culture/Tribe

Mexican

Dimensions

Width

21-1/2 in

Depth

1-3/4 in

Length

16-3/4 in

Dimension Notes

16 3/4" L x 21 1/2" W x 1 3/4" D