Male face mask

Museum number:
3-28607
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
54 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3523
Description:
Mask, anthropomorphic: male. Tan base paint on wood. Long, narrow nose, brown beard and mustache. Lines on forehead and around eyes. Mouth open showing teeth. Paint largely missing from cheekbones, nose, and brows. Hole under left eye. Crack down left side of face. Height: 25 cm. (from beard), Width: 15.7 cm.
Donor:
Dorothy Mann Cordry
Collection place:
Chiepetepec, Guerrero, Mexico
Collector:
Donald Bush Cordry
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume) and Men (male humans)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
March 1980
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Loans:
S1981-1982 #22: Civic Arts Center (Walnut Creek) (November 4, 1981–January 18, 1982)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Male face mask, accession number 3-28607, described as Mask, anthropomorphic: male. Tan base paint on wood. Long, narrow nose, brown beard and mustache. Lines on forehead and around eyes. Mouth open showing teeth. Paint largely missing from cheekbones, nose, and brows. Hole under left eye. Crack down left side of face. Height: 25 cm. (from beard), Width: 15.7 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Male face mask, accession number 3-28607, described as Mask, anthropomorphic: male. Tan base paint on wood. Long, narrow nose, brown beard and mustache. Lines on forehead and around eyes. Mouth open showing teeth. Paint largely missing from cheekbones, nose, and brows. Hole under left eye. Crack down left side of face. Height: 25 cm. (from beard), Width: 15.7 cm.

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