Mask

About this object

History of use

Cotlatlastin mask, also sometimes identified with Malinche (Acatlan, Guerrero).

Physical description

A red-faced mask with yellow spots and painted black hair and eyebrows, with a hole made underneath each, and lips. The nose is big with cut-out nostrils. There is a fibrous hairpiece with leather-like lining attached by string going through holes along the top of the mask. There are several other small holes along the sides of the mask.