Mask

Museum number:
3-28618
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21030028618
Alternate number:
65 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3523
Description:
Mask, anthropomorphic: male. Black base paint on wood. Deep line around eyes, nose, and mouth. White with lines from eyes up to top of head. Thick, red lips. Paint chipped off on both eyes. Red yarn tassels from each temple and on top of head. Eye slits above eyes. Height: 18.2 cm., Width 13.9 cm.
Donor:
Dorothy Mann Cordry
Collection place:
Pinotepa Nacional, Oaxaca, Mexico
Culture or time period:
Mixtec
Collector:
Donald Bush Cordry
Collection date:
1962
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
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)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 5 titled Mask, accession number 3-28618, described as Mask, anthropomorphic: male. Black base paint on wood. Deep line around eyes, nose, and mouth. White with lines from eyes up to top of head. Thick, red lips. Paint chipped off on both eyes. Red yarn tassels from each temple and on top of head. Eye slits above eyes. Height: 18.2 cm., Width 13.9 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 5 titled Mask, accession number 3-28618, described as Mask, anthropomorphic: male. Black base paint on wood. Deep line around eyes, nose, and mouth. White with lines from eyes up to top of head. Thick, red lips. Paint chipped off on both eyes. Red yarn tassels from each temple and on top of head. Eye slits above eyes. Height: 18.2 cm., Width 13.9 cm.Hearst Museum object 3 of 5 titled Mask, accession number 3-28618, described as Mask, anthropomorphic: male. Black base paint on wood. Deep line around eyes, nose, and mouth. White with lines from eyes up to top of head. Thick, red lips. Paint chipped off on both eyes. Red yarn tassels from each temple and on top of head. Eye slits above eyes. Height: 18.2 cm., Width 13.9 cm.Hearst Museum object 4 of 5 titled Mask, accession number 3-28618, described as Mask, anthropomorphic: male. Black base paint on wood. Deep line around eyes, nose, and mouth. White with lines from eyes up to top of head. Thick, red lips. Paint chipped off on both eyes. Red yarn tassels from each temple and on top of head. Eye slits above eyes. Height: 18.2 cm., Width 13.9 cm.Hearst Museum object 5 of 5 titled Mask, accession number 3-28618, described as Mask, anthropomorphic: male. Black base paint on wood. Deep line around eyes, nose, and mouth. White with lines from eyes up to top of head. Thick, red lips. Paint chipped off on both eyes. Red yarn tassels from each temple and on top of head. Eye slits above eyes. Height: 18.2 cm., Width 13.9 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 3-28618, described as Mask, anthropomorphic: male. Black base paint on wood. Deep line around eyes, nose, and mouth. White with lines from eyes up to top of head. Thick, red lips. Paint chipped off on both eyes. Red yarn tassels from each temple and on top of head. Eye slits above eyes. Height: 18.2 cm., Width 13.9 cm.

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