mask
- Museum number
- Am1989,12.85.c
- Description
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Mask; made of papier mâché, painted with commercial colours and then varnished; in the form of a face; painted beige; covered with red and orange flowers outlined in black; black pupil and pink eye; yellow eyebrow; yellow mouth; "P.M. 88 D.F." painted on bottom of jaw in pink. Used in Day of the Dead Festival.
- Production date
- 1980s
- Dimensions
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Height: 22.50 centimetres
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Width: 14.50 centimetres
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Depth: 8 centimetres
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
1991, London, Museum of Mankind, 'The Skeleton at the Feast: The Day of the Dead'
- Associated events
- Used at: Day of the Dead
- Acquisition date
- 1989
- Acquisition notes
- Cost for all 4 (a-d).
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Am1989,12.85.c