Dance of the Tastones Mask
Name/Title
Dance of the Tastones MaskEntry/Object ID
1990.01.062Description
A Dance of the Tastones mask. The clay mask is painted with multi-colored designs. It has a long nose with a green turtle in relief, black and yellow snakes on cheeks, protruding black and white eyes, and a very long white unraveled rope fibers attached as a wig. It sits on long wooden pole painted blue, white, and mauve.Artwork Details
Medium
Clay, leather, Wood, Paint, unraveled rope fibersMade/Created
Artist
Ortega, JoseDate made
circa 1987Ethnography
Culture/Tribe
Mexican