Viejito Mask
Viejito Mask
Viejito Mask

Viejito Mask


Collection

Dan Przybylski Collection


Identifier

PR9


Artist

unknown


Description

This is a Mexican "Viejito" mask probably from Michoacán. These masks are used in La Danza de los Viejitos (Old Men Dance), a dance that starts out with aching and hunched over old men, with minimal movements which slowly turn into vigorous dancing combined with trembling and coughing and ending with the old men falling down.


Medium

wood

Width

6.25in

Height

11in

Length

5.5in

Where Made (Country)

Mexico

Related place

Mexico

How Acquired

Donation

When Acquired

Oct 10 2018

Name of Donor

Austin Friends of Folk Art