Mask; anthropomorphic female. Flesh-colored paint on wood. Multi-colored, segmented projections from chin and forehead with multi-colored ribbons attached. Chips missing from tip. Narrow nose with red nostrils, and red, open mouth with teeth showing. Paint worn off on forehead and ears. height 49 cm. (from chin projection to top of head), width 20 cm.
Donor:
Dorothy Mann Cordry
Collection place:
Axoxuca, Guerrero, Mexico
Collector:
Donald Bush Cordry
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Anthropomorphic and Masks (costume)
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 #7: Humboldt State University (September 1, 1981–December 4, 1981) and S1992-1993 #8: Blackhawk Museums (November 17, 1992–unknown)