Mask

Identifier

http://dp.la/api/items/42cfb4c805c6ef87d277f3dea9be44e0

Title

Mask

Date

late 19th century

Description

knit brow, upper eyelid overhanging thin slit eyes, dark vertical smears on the cheeks; half-open mouth with one row of filed teeth; smooth face; traces of kaolin at the teeth, the hairline and around the nose; black, smooth, vertical crescent-shaped coiffure; black stripe down the forehead and on the eyebrows; red color on the lips; hole in each ear; hole at top of coiffure on each side (2nd hole on PR side)

Source

Minnesota Digital Library

Relation

http://0.api.artsmia.org/5896.jpg

References

https://collections.artsmia.org/index.php?page=detail&id=5896

Citation

“Mask,” Center for Knit and Crochet Digital Repository, accessed October 8, 2026, https://digital.centerforknitandcrochet.org/items/show/7426.

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