Zoomorphic mask

Museum number:
3-28433
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Accession number:
Acc.3496
Description:
Mask; zoomorphic, pig; carved of wood, stained dark, patinated with what appears to be barnyard soil; height 23 cm., width 25 cm. between ear margins.
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:
Masks (costume) and Zoomorphic
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Zoomorphic mask, accession number 3-28433, described as Mask; zoomorphic, pig; carved of wood, stained dark, patinated with what appears to be barnyard soil; height 23 cm., width 25 cm. between ear margins.

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