Texas Chainsaw Massacre II mask: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Plastic mask with eye holes and a mouth used to promote the 1986 comedy horror film The Texas Chainsaw Massacre II. Tobe Hooper directed this dark comedy slasher film about the victims of Leatherface and his cannibalistic family. Dennis Hopper, Caroline Williams, and Jim Siedow starred in the film, which was produced and distributed by Cannon films.

Materials, dates and provenance

• date made: ca 1986
• associated user: unknown
• referenced: Hopper, Dennis
• Object Name: Mask
• Physical Description: plastic (overall material)
• Physical Description: elastic (overall material)
• Measurements: overall: 12 in x 9 in x 2 3/4 in; 30.48 cm x 22.86 cm x 6.985 cm
• general subject association: Motion Pictures
• ID Number: 1987.0421.012
• accession number: 1987.0421
• catalog number: 1987.0421.012
• Credit Line: John Edward Hasse
• Data Source: National Museum of American History

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