Loca Mask
Item number 2946/6 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
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Description
Small mask with a pink face and twisted, green and orange horns. There are two blue eyes, rimmed with silver chain-like trim, and on the outside a thick, bristly black fringe. The eyebrows are large, bulbous and decorated across the middle with a line of golden glitter and beads. The red, protruding upper lip has six mirrored teeth. The chin is decorated with a line of golden beads. There are green and blue sequins around the top and sides of the mask. The ridge down the centre of each horn is painted black with short white and black lines running diagonally up towards the edges on both sides. There are gold, green, and blue sequins along the horns’ ridges. Red tinsel wraps up the side of one horn. The back of the mask is an unpainted silver colour and the forehead is lined with foam. White elastic fabric is strung across the back between two holes on either side of the face. A black elastic fabric is looped between the white elastic and the hole at the top of the mask.
History Of Use
Crazy Woman (Loca) mask. Performed on the feast days of the Virgin of Candelaria. The Crazy Woman is sometimes described as Supay's wife.
Narrative
Purchased from a festival mask rental shop in Puno.
Item History
- Made in Puno, Puno, Peru
- Collected by Anthony A. Shelton during February 2012
- Owned by Anthony A. Shelton before March 12, 2012
- Received from Anthony A. Shelton (Seller) and Museum of Anthropology Exhibitions Budget (Funding source) on March 12, 2012
What
- Name
- Loca Mask
- Identification Number
- 2946/6
- Type of Item
- mask
- Material
- tin metal, plastic, glass, synthetic fibre, paint, foam and adhesive
- Overall
- height 23.0 cm, width 28.0 cm, depth 25.5 cm
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Puno, Puno, Peru
Who
- Culture
- Peruvian
- Field Collector
- Anthony A. Shelton
- Previous Owner
- Anthony A. Shelton
- Received from
- Anthony A. Shelton (Seller) and Museum of Anthropology Exhibitions Budget (Funding source)
When
- Collection Date
- during February 2012
- Ownership Date
- before March 12, 2012
- Acquisition Date
- on March 12, 2012
Other
- Item Classes
- metalwork
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 2946/0006
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