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Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 3-26965, described as Mask, pig’s face with elongated nose, pronounced nostrils; carved tree fern; no holes for attachment; 1. ca. 28cm. ( probably worn off)
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 3-26969, described as Mask, anthropomorphic; tilted nose; carved wood with fiber ties; chin; other areas, badly damaged from insect infestation; height ca. 16cm.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 3-26966, described as mask, antrhopomorphic; u-shaped wood horns, pronounced nose and cheeks, oval open mouth with wood teeth; remnant red pigment on mouth; fiber eyebrows; remnant fiber moustache and beard; worn by volador flyers from neighboring San Jeronimo.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 3-26968, described as Mask, anthropomorphic; carved wood with pig’s tusk set in mouth area; cow hair eyebrows, beard and mustache; many tufts of beard missing; height ca. 25cm.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 3-26967, described as mask, anthropomorphic; carved wood with cow tail moustache; pronounced nose and chin; cotton cloth ties; worn by volador flyers from neighboring San Jeronimo
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Mask with fur and horns, accession number 3-26960, described as mask with horns, anthropomorphic; wood with cow pelt attached; red cowtail moustache; remnant of beard; 2 goathorns on forehead; said to be worn by Volador performers
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Papercut, accession number 3-29551, described as Papercut (bark paper) glued to bark paper and mounted on masonite; standing spirit figure with elaborate headdress; rep. of seed spirit image; masonite is 20.2 cm high x 14.4 cm wide. Context of use: See fig. 91, "Dios de Garbanzo (Spirit of the Garbanzo Bean)" in Sandstrom & Sandstrom, "Traditional Papermaking and Paper Cult Figures of Mexico." See text 168-169. Formanu. of barkpaper see 27-31, Sandstrom. The group of images from which ours comes includes the seed spirits used by shamans to ensure crop fertility. See pp 130 ff.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Paper cutouts, accession number 3-28322a-g, described as DESCRIPTION: PAPER SPIRITS "Muñecos Papel
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Rattles, accession number 3-26952, described as Rattles; a) 20 cm; b) ca. 21 cm.
Hearst Museum object titled Runner, accession number 3-29370, described as Runner; double woven (design is reversed on back side) coarse red wool, all over diamond pattern, deep macrame fringe with 2 warp threads bundled and criss crossed. (92 x 33 cm)

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