Axé I
- Plaster bandage, paper clay
- 10.5 x 6.5 in
- NFS
- Zarco Guerrero
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Not For Sale
Axé I. Full-face calaca skeleton mask made of plaster bandage and paper clay, painted with acrylic paints and ribbon, which ties the mask to the performer.
Used by Axé Capoeira AZ during their drum processions at Cultural Coalition festivals. These masks are part of the Performance Collection, which contains pieces available for loan to use in community and artistic performances.
Orange swirls on top of mask, on either side of a blue circle with orange outline, sitting above an orange upside down W shape with two orange dots beneath it. Orange and light blue lines along temples and side cheek line. Orange arched eyebrows, half circle shapes on cheeks and lines on either side of nose. Blue lines outline nose cut out. Two orange swirls with blue dots inside them on the chin. Teeth are painted dark pink and blue.
- Subject Matter: human face
- Created: 2022
- Inventory Number: PM115
- Collections: Performance Education Collection