Anthropomorphic mask

Museum number:
3-28415
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3496
Description:
Mask; anthropomorphic male carved from light wood, stained dark, rubbed with red ochre inside and out; featureless face covered with full relief figure wearing mask, sitting with arms folded; to left of figure is a low relief tail. Lower portion on left (proper) leg is missing, apparently before collection since stained like rest of mask. height 20 cm., width 17 cm.
Donor:
Mrs. Walter Seeley
Collection place:
Oaxaca, Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
Zapotec Indians of Oaxaca
Culture or time period:
Zapotec
Collector:
Eleanor F. Sleight
Collection date:
1973-1978
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Anthropomorphic, Carvings (visual works), and Masks (costume)
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Anthropomorphic mask, accession number 3-28415, described as Mask; anthropomorphic male carved from light wood, stained dark, rubbed with red ochre inside and out; featureless face covered with full relief figure wearing mask, sitting with arms folded; to left of figure is a low relief tail. Lower portion on left (proper) leg is missing, apparently before collection since stained like rest of mask. height 20 cm., width 17 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Anthropomorphic mask, accession number 3-28415, described as Mask; anthropomorphic male carved from light wood, stained dark, rubbed with red ochre inside and out; featureless face covered with full relief figure wearing mask, sitting with arms folded; to left of figure is a low relief tail. Lower portion on left (proper) leg is missing, apparently before collection since stained like rest of mask. height 20 cm., width 17 cm.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Anthropomorphic mask, accession number 3-28415, described as Mask; anthropomorphic male carved from light wood, stained dark, rubbed with red ochre inside and out; featureless face covered with full relief figure wearing mask, sitting with arms folded; to left of figure is a low relief tail. Lower portion on left (proper) leg is missing, apparently before collection since stained like rest of mask. height 20 cm., width 17 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Anthropomorphic mask, accession number 3-28415, described as Mask; anthropomorphic male carved from light wood, stained dark, rubbed with red ochre inside and out; featureless face covered with full relief figure wearing mask, sitting with arms folded; to left of figure is a low relief tail. Lower portion on left (proper) leg is missing, apparently before collection since stained like rest of mask. height 20 cm., width 17 cm.

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