Viejo Mask

Title

Viejo Mask

How Acquired

[no text]

When Acquired

1970-75; Given to TMWF 1981

When Created

1930-50

Created by

[no text]

Dance(s)/Festival(s)

[no text]

Character

[no text]

May Weber's comments

Viejo (Old Man). Ethnic origin is Mixtec. Used for Danza de los Viejos. Place of origin is Mexico, Oaxaca. A Black-painted face with golden-tan hair tufts applied at brows, beard, mustache. Made of wood, paint, and hair.

Dr. Catherine Nichols' comments

Viejo

Consultation Comments

[no text]

Exhibition history

1986 Benton Museum UConn

State

Oaxaca

City/Town/Region

[no text]

Culture/people

Mixtec

Techniques

carved

Primary Material

wood

Secondary Materials

pigment; fur/hair; leather/hide; metal

Dimensions

17cm x 9cm x 15cm

Marks/Labels

[no text]

ANTH Number

.1908

Weber Number

WS1241

Old numbers

W1558; MW388