Object Details
- Description
- Mask maker Antonio Muñiz has added the horns of a traditional carnaval de Ponce mask (usually representing a devilish face) to a gorilla. This papier-mâché mask has an articulated jaw and a vinyl tongue.
- Description (Spanish)
- El artesano Antonio Muñiz creó esta máscara agregándole a un gorila los cuernos de una máscara tradicional del carnaval de Ponce (las que por lo general representan un rostro diabólico). Esta máscara de papel maché cuenta con una mandíbula articulada y una lengua de vinilo.
- Collection Ethnic
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- maker
- Muniz, Antonio
- Date made
- ca 1980
- Credit Line
- Gift of Teodoro Vidal
- Physical Description
- papier mache; paint; metal; vinyl (overall material)
- handmade (overall production method/technique)
- paper (overall material)
- paint (overall material)
- metal (mouth material)
- vinyl (mouth material)
- papier mache (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 50.7 cm x 51.6 cm x 62 cm; 19 15/16 in x 20 5/16 in x 24 7/16 in
- Object Name
- mask
