Image · EFMA·IMG·10989

Bolivian silver and blue mask (diablada)

n.d. · Oruro, Bolivia

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Masks of this kind were made for the diablada, part of the annual carnival in Oruro in the Bolivian Andes. They typically depict snakes, toads, lizards and winged serpents.

Date

n.d.

Place

Oruro, Bolivia

In the encyclopedia

Diablada ↗Carnaval de Oruro ↗

Format

AVIF

Licence

CC BY 4.0

Credit

Unknown author

Source

commons.wikimedia.org ↗

No.

EFMA·IMG·10989

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