Painted carved wood mask of tiger, Guerrero, Mexico

Description

Medium: Carved painted wood
Date: near contemporary (ca. 2000)
Location:
Olinalá
, Guerrero, Mexico
Size: mask approx. 4” hi X 3” w; including whiskers approx. 5” h X3.5” w
Condition: Good. There is some loss of paint under the tiger’sleft jaw; paint adjacent to this area of loss may be a little loose
Description:
Painted carved wooden mask of a tiger from Olinala, Guerrero, Mexico. Near contemporary from ca. 2000. Carved wood, covered with a layer of gesso, then painted. The ears and tongue, which appear to be of leather, are tacked into the wood. The exposed fangs are probably plastic. The whiskers and eyelashes are of broomstraw or some similar material.
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