CERAMIC MASK: Devil mask with two horns, goat’s ears, an upturned, horn-like nose from which a yellow and brown snake is emerging, a wide mouth with large white teeth and a protruding, red, forked tongue. Mask is painted dark teal with ecru markings on cheeks, around eyes, on forehead and around horns. Light teal highlights inside of ears and snakes head. Slits are cut just beneath eyes and for visibility and round holes are on each side just below ears, and at center of top to facility tying the mask in place.
Donor:
John Paul
Collection place:
Mexico
Collector:
John Paul
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions