Dance Mask (Los Barbones)

Guerrero, Mexico, Altamirano, Native Central American

About 1900

  • Titles Dance Mask (Los Barbones) (Descriptive)
  • Medium copper, paint, fabric
  • Dimensions Overall: 29 x 14 in. (73.7 x 35.6 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift of Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Brown III, 1985.379
  • Work Type mask
  • Classification Costume

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Small comb with a top crossbar of animal bone and a lower bar of bamboo which is wrapped with woven cotton yarn, with teeth made of palm wood and colorful feather clusters at each end, the mid-section is woven of cotton yarns.