Collection place: Mexico / Culture or time period: American cultures / Materials: Glass (material)

Museum number:: 3-28597
Culture or time period:: Nahua
Object class:: Masks (costume)
Function:: 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Dimensions:: width 17 centimeters and height 28 centimeters
Collector:: Donald Bush Cordry
Collection place:: El Palmar, Guerrero, Mexico

Museum number:: 3-30729
Culture or time period:: Mexican
Object class:: Masks (costume) and Miniature (size attribute)
Function:: 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:: whole— width 4.5 centimeters, whole— length 4 centimeters, and whole— height 6.2 centimeters
Collector:: John Paul
Collection place:: Mexico

Museum number:: 3-29553
Culture or time period:: Wixáritari (Huichol)
Object class:: Bowls (vessels)
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:: diameter 21.7 centimeters and height 11.3 centimeters
Collector:: Susan Eger
Collection place:: Santiago de Ixcuintla, Nayarit, Mexico
Collection date:: April 1983

Museum number:: 3-30815
Culture or time period:: Mexican
Object class:: Mirrors
Function:: 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:: whole— depth 0.5 centimeters and whole— diameter 8.6 centimeters
Collector:: John Paul
Collection place:: Mexico

Museum number:: 3-3223
Culture or time period:: Mayo
Object class:: Beads (pierced objects)
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:: length 33.5 centimeters
Collector:: Ralph L. Beals
Collection place:: Navojoa Municipality, Sonora, Mexico
Collection date:: 1931
Person depicted:: Mary (mother of Jesus)

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