Calaca Bigote
- Plaster bandage, paper clay
- 8.5 x 6.5 in
- NFS
- Zarco Guerrero
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Not For Sale
Calaca Bigote. Full face mask used in performances by Arizona theater and dance companies. Skeleton mask painted white with large painted brown sculpted to stick out and up textured eyebrows, mustache, and goatee. It has blue and orange scroll and line designs painted on the forehead, along the nose, and above the eyes. Circular swirl designs on cheeks, and chin are blue. Teeth are outlines in a yellow/orange color.
It is made of plaster bandage and paper clay, painted with acrylic paints and ribbon, which ties the mask to the performer.
These masks are part of the Performance Collection, which contains pieces available for loan to use in community and artistic performances.
- Subject Matter: human face
- Created: 1980
- Inventory Number: PM107
- Collections: Performance Education Collection