Carved Mexican Carnival Mask in Bold Red and Blue Paint set of people With a bit of searching

With a bit of searching

Brown fabric (silk I believe

I do know she was a graduate of Tufts University and spent much of her life in the nearby Boston suburb of Belmont

4  7/8" x 2 11/16" x 1 1/8" and in very good antique condition

Carved Mexican Carnival Mask in Bold Red and Blue Paint set of people With a bit of searchingThis mask, Mexican I believe, and I think likely Guerrero, is all about the red and sky blue paint for me great color, great surface, and surely we all need a second pair of eyes. I believe the red indicates it as a Moor mask, used in dances representing fighting between the Christians and the Moors (Muslims). It appears to have been worn and with a good bit of age to it, with remnants of string at the temples on the back. 6" t x 4 3 8" measured