This clay mask was made in the middle 80s by a family in El Salvador. My family spent quite a bit of time there doing mission work and other teaching. It was quite an experience to watch them mold, dry, make their own paint, and bake it right outside of their small bamboo home. As a young teenager this was an impressive thing to see. My family would pick several of their pieces and take them elsewhere to sell and make money for this family. This is the only mask that we brought home with us. It hung on my parent’s wall until the house was cleaned out after they passed away. This is a genuine one of a kind clay mask made by actual villagers not a tourist item.

It measures approximately 11 up and down and about 10” across.