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Molded face mask. Fine metal mesh screen molded into a face shape. Painted peach skin, blue eyes, orange lips, red nostrils, red rouged cheeks, black eyebrows, mustache and beard. Glazed cotton head cover sewn to top edge of forehead. Head cover has an elastic seam running across center, pinking sheared edges.
masks (costume)
mesh
metal
paint (coating)
cotton (textile)
Mask
79.8
Unknown
8 x 4 x 3 1/2 (HxWxD) (inches)
Anonymous Gift
2010.41.8
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