WOOD JAGUAR MASK; LACQUER; HEAD PAINTED BRIGHT YELLOW WITH BROWN & BLACK LINES TO INDICATE FUR AROUND WHOLE OF FACE; AREA AROUND MOUTH IS PAINTED A LIGHT BEIGE WITH BLACK DOTS. MOUTH & TONGUE ARE RED, TEETH WHITE. INNER PART OF EARS ARE RED; FOUR ANIMAL TEETH INSERTED INTO HOLES IN MOUTH & ALSO PAINTED WHITE; EYEHOLES ABOVE EYEBROWS; NO HOLES IN MASK FOR FASTENING. MOUTH HAS HOLES,PRESUMABLY FOR AIR; VERY FINE LACQUER WORK, "'TIGRE'... WORN IN LOCAL FESTIVITY AT CARNIVAL TIME. THE 'TIGRE' IS PURSUED & ITS EVENTUAL DEATH ENACTED TO THE UPROARIOUS REJOICING OF DANCERS & SPECTATORS." (RENWICK EXHIBIT CATALOGUE)
