El Viejito
- Plaster bandage, paper clay
- 5.25 x 5.5 x 3.25 in
- NFS
- Zarco Guerrero
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Not For Sale
El Viejito. Half mask, plaster bandage. paper clay painted with acrylics. Old man character made for the viejito dance, performed by Primavera Ballet Folklórico, one of the oldest continuously performed dances from the Mexican state of Michoacan. White eyebrows and mustache. Face is slightly crooked and raised on the left. Lots of age spots painted on face. Two white teeth with a big gap between them protrude from upper lip.
- Subject Matter: human face
- Created: 2002
- Inventory Number: 2022.001.115
- Collections: Founding Collection