Las Calacas: Día de los Muertos Smiling Skull
- September 06, 2024 - November 26, 2024
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Calaca #33
- Plaster bandage, paper clay
- 6.5 x 6 in
- NFS
- Zarco Guerrero
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Not For Sale
Calaca #33. Full face mask used in performances by Primavera Ballet Folklorico company of Phoenix, AZ. It is painted with a purple nose the teeth are outlined in purple and pink. The forehead, chin, and cheeks have matching green gemstones and a matching pink and purple swirling V-shaped square design, and the eyes are outlined in blue with a double cat eye on the outside edge.
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: c. 2012
- Inventory Number: PM033
- Collections: Performance Education Collection