This is Frida's only painting in 1948 and the second self-portrait in which she appears wearing the traditional Tehuana headdress that Diego loved so much. In this portrait, the lace ruffle closes off space and makes her look trapped. She is over-dressed and her finery becomes a mask. The contours of her face are full and coarser and her features hardened. Her signature slight mustache makes her look more obviously masculine. The years of pain have taken their toll as is shown by three tears glistening down her cheeks like the tears of the Madonna of Sorrows.