Tizoc Duende
- Plaster bandage, paper clay
- 7 x 5.5 x 4.5 in
- Zarco Guerrero
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Not For Sale
Tizoc Duende. Plaster bandage, paper clay, goat horns, decorated with acrylic paints. Made for a theatrical performance of La Pastorela, a satirical Mexican Christmas play. Part of the diablito series, meaning little devil in spanish, they are worn in the play by children to accompany the devil as his helpers, creating mischief and causing the other characters trouble. Molded on the face of the artists' son, Tizoc.
Half mask of human face with horns. Expression is angry with lines one forehead and in between the brow. Thick, wide goat horns on top of head. Sculpted eyebrows curved to the sides painted brown and carved with hair lines. Mask has little brown and pink moles painted all over on forehead and on both cheeks. Nose is sculpted in a slightly scrunched expression with skin folds on either side. Upper lip is raised in a snarl expression and painted dark pink. Exposed gums are painted light pink. Six yellow and brownish jagged teeth protrude down ..
- Subject Matter: Human face with horns
- Created: 1992
- Inventory Number: 2023.001.010
- Collections: Founding Collection