Mask: zoomorphic - rooster. Red and yellow paint on wood. Red wattle with flowing grooved lines. Blue eyes rimmed with red. Yellow around beak, eyes and top of head. Black and white marks. Red comb. Design worn off on right side of face. Beak open. Holes in wattle, head, and comb. H 34.5 (from comb to wattle) W 18.3 cm
Donor:
Dorothy Mann Cordry
Collection place:
San Martin Pachivia, Guerrero, Mexico
Culture or time period:
Nahua
Collector:
Donald Bush Cordry
Collection date:
1965
Materials:
Paint (coating) and 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
Context of use:
Used in the Dance of the Rooster
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
width 18.3 centimeters and height 34.5 centimeters
Loans:
S1981-1982 #22: Civic Arts Center (Walnut Creek) (November 4, 1981–January 18, 1982)