Male face mask

Museum number:
3-28586
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21030028586
Alternate number:
33 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3523
Description:
Mask, anthropomorphic: male. Pink base paint on wood. Green face on right side of forehead and blue face on left. Blue eyes, red mouth, and black, pointed beard. Furrowed brow. Paint chipped off cheeks, nose, and forehead. Eye slits above eyes. Height: 32.2 cm. (from beard), Width: 16.5 cm.
Donor:
Dorothy Mann Cordry
Collection place:
Guerrero, Mexico, North America
Collector:
Donald Bush Cordry
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume) and Men (male humans)
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
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Male face mask, accession number 3-28586, described as Mask, anthropomorphic: male. Pink base paint on wood. Green face on right side of forehead and blue face on left. Blue eyes, red mouth, and black, pointed beard. Furrowed brow. Paint chipped off cheeks, nose, and forehead. Eye slits above eyes. Height: 32.2 cm. (from beard), Width: 16.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Male face mask, accession number 3-28586, described as Mask, anthropomorphic: male. Pink base paint on wood. Green face on right side of forehead and blue face on left. Blue eyes, red mouth, and black, pointed beard. Furrowed brow. Paint chipped off cheeks, nose, and forehead. Eye slits above eyes. Height: 32.2 cm. (from beard), Width: 16.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Male face mask, accession number 3-28586, described as Mask, anthropomorphic: male. Pink base paint on wood. Green face on right side of forehead and blue face on left. Blue eyes, red mouth, and black, pointed beard. Furrowed brow. Paint chipped off cheeks, nose, and forehead. Eye slits above eyes. Height: 32.2 cm. (from beard), Width: 16.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Male face mask, accession number 3-28586, described as Mask, anthropomorphic: male. Pink base paint on wood. Green face on right side of forehead and blue face on left. Blue eyes, red mouth, and black, pointed beard. Furrowed brow. Paint chipped off cheeks, nose, and forehead. Eye slits above eyes. Height: 32.2 cm. (from beard), Width: 16.5 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Male face mask, accession number 3-28586, described as Mask, anthropomorphic: male. Pink base paint on wood. Green face on right side of forehead and blue face on left. Blue eyes, red mouth, and black, pointed beard. Furrowed brow. Paint chipped off cheeks, nose, and forehead. Eye slits above eyes. Height: 32.2 cm. (from beard), Width: 16.5 cm.

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