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
Donor:
Norman D. Thomas and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Rayón, Chiapas, Mexico
Culture or time period:
Zoque
Collector:
Norman D. Thomas
Collection date:
January 1965
Materials:
Paint (coating) and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
1965
Context of use:
worn by men in "Baile de Gigante
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
width 16.2 centimeters and height 20 centimeters
Comment:
H-16-9
Loans:
S1966-1967 #3: Education Department (UC Berkeley) (August 12, 1966–September 2, 1966), S1970-1971 #33: Palo Alto Junior Museum and Zoo (October 19, 1970–January 11, 1971), S1981-1982 #5: Department of Art, San Diego State University (August 7, 1981–January 15, 1982), S1986-1987 #30: SFO Museum (April 21, 1987–June 11, 1987), S2009-2010 #11a: SFO Museum (dates unknown), and S2009-2010 #11: SFO Museum (dates unknown)