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Hearst Museum object titled Dance mask, accession number 3-16509, described as Dance mask, male, wood, handcarved, incised hairline; yellow face with brown hair, eyebrows, moustache, and goatee; red lips; fiber attachment cord tied to back in three places; H 20.0 cm X W 16.2 cm

Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 3-28623, described as Mask, anthropomorphic

Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 3-28582, described as Wooden mask with deer head and torso protruding from nose

Hearst Museum object titled Olla, accession number 3-28806, described as Olla. Black pottery, sides squared, round neck and mouth, three little feet, shiny design on dull black. Height 42.0 cm, width 28.5 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Tripod sieve, accession number 3-22693, described as colander, sieve undecorated pottery, tripod with two ring handles on neck. 19.7 cm. diameter, 26.6 cm height. Used to sieve "nixtamal" according to Marion Oettinger, this colander must be raised to permit drainage of the lime water in which the corn is softened before being ground and the holes must be precisely sized to keep the corn from being lost with the liquid.

Hearst Museum object titled Virgin figurine, accession number 3-28739, described as Figurine in display case. Tin-bound glass case with figure of "Virgen de Guadalupe". Figure clothed with textiles, ornaments and garlands of bright colored metal foil. Display case is three-sided with embossed design on tin plate decorative piece. Ht. 19.0 cm, wd. 13.0 cm, dp. 6.0 cm.