Viejito ( Old Man)

Mask Id:
248
Name:   
Viejito ( Old Man)
Country: 
Mexico
Location:
Michoacan
Region:   
Group:
Mask Makers:
Victoriano Salgado, Uruapan
Material Used:
Wood, Paint
Length:  
19 cm
Breadth:
17.5 cm
 
Region  Group    
Description:

A pre-colombian type of mask, used during the christmas seson for festive dances linking the history of the Purepecha peoples pre Columbian past to their Christian present

 

Viejito ( Old Man)