Description

Animal (tapir or wild boar) mask. State undetermined, Mexico. Mid-20th century. wood, oil paint, glass marbles (16” h. x 7” w. x 6” d.)
Provenance: from the Katharyn and Gordon Rayner Collection of Mexican Masks, Canada. Purchased from the collection of Jaled Muyaes, Mexico City, c.1990.
In the Fall of 2023 this mask was included in an exhibition at the Mexican embassy in Otttawa, Canada.