Zoomorphic mask

Museum number:
3-28570
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21030028570
Alternate number:
14 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3523
Description:
Mask, zoomorphic: bat. Green base paint on wood. Red background. Paint cracking on wings. Blue eyes on wings. Body showing ribs, and eye slits either side of body. Red mouth slit by legs. Paint missing from bat's left eye. Height 23.5 cm, width 18.5 cm
Donor:
Dorothy Mann Cordry
Collection place:
San Francisco, Guerrero, Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
Mexico, Guerrero, San Francisco, Nahua
Culture or time period:
Nahua
Collector:
Donald Bush Cordry
Collection date:
1963
Materials:
Paint (coating) and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bats, Masks (costume), and Zoomorphic
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
March 1980
Context of use:
Used in bat dance
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
width 18.5 centimeters and height 23.5 centimeters
Comment:
H-20-3
Loans:
S2009-2010 #11a: SFO Museum (dates unknown) and S2009-2010 #11: SFO Museum (dates unknown)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 8 titled Zoomorphic mask, accession number 3-28570, described as Mask, zoomorphic: bat. Green base paint on wood. Red background. Paint cracking on wings. Blue eyes on wings. Body showing ribs, and eye slits either side of body. Red mouth slit by legs. Paint missing from bat's left eye. Height 23.5 cm, width 18.5 cmHearst Museum object 2 of 8 titled Zoomorphic mask, accession number 3-28570, described as Mask, zoomorphic: bat. Green base paint on wood. Red background. Paint cracking on wings. Blue eyes on wings. Body showing ribs, and eye slits either side of body. Red mouth slit by legs. Paint missing from bat's left eye. Height 23.5 cm, width 18.5 cmHearst Museum object 3 of 8 titled Zoomorphic mask, accession number 3-28570, described as Mask, zoomorphic: bat. Green base paint on wood. Red background. Paint cracking on wings. Blue eyes on wings. Body showing ribs, and eye slits either side of body. Red mouth slit by legs. Paint missing from bat's left eye. Height 23.5 cm, width 18.5 cmHearst Museum object 4 of 8 titled Zoomorphic mask, accession number 3-28570, described as Mask, zoomorphic: bat. Green base paint on wood. Red background. Paint cracking on wings. Blue eyes on wings. Body showing ribs, and eye slits either side of body. Red mouth slit by legs. Paint missing from bat's left eye. Height 23.5 cm, width 18.5 cmHearst Museum object 5 of 8 titled Zoomorphic mask, accession number 3-28570, described as Mask, zoomorphic: bat. Green base paint on wood. Red background. Paint cracking on wings. Blue eyes on wings. Body showing ribs, and eye slits either side of body. Red mouth slit by legs. Paint missing from bat's left eye. Height 23.5 cm, width 18.5 cmHearst Museum object 6 of 8 titled Zoomorphic mask, accession number 3-28570, described as Mask, zoomorphic: bat. Green base paint on wood. Red background. Paint cracking on wings. Blue eyes on wings. Body showing ribs, and eye slits either side of body. Red mouth slit by legs. Paint missing from bat's left eye. Height 23.5 cm, width 18.5 cmHearst Museum object 7 of 8 titled Zoomorphic mask, accession number 3-28570, described as Mask, zoomorphic: bat. Green base paint on wood. Red background. Paint cracking on wings. Blue eyes on wings. Body showing ribs, and eye slits either side of body. Red mouth slit by legs. Paint missing from bat's left eye. Height 23.5 cm, width 18.5 cmHearst Museum object 8 of 8 titled Zoomorphic mask, accession number 3-28570, described as Mask, zoomorphic: bat. Green base paint on wood. Red background. Paint cracking on wings. Blue eyes on wings. Body showing ribs, and eye slits either side of body. Red mouth slit by legs. Paint missing from bat's left eye. Height 23.5 cm, width 18.5 cm
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Zoomorphic mask, accession number 3-28570, described as Mask, zoomorphic: bat. Green base paint on wood. Red background. Paint cracking on wings. Blue eyes on wings. Body showing ribs, and eye slits either side of body. Red mouth slit by legs. Paint missing from bat's left eye. Height 23.5 cm, width 18.5 cm

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