Mask; anthropomorphic-male. Dark paint on wood. Long, vertical lines form beard. Creases around nose and eyes. Small, smiling mouht. Hooked nose with nails on sides. High cheek bones, small holes in beard. Eye slits almond shaped. H 37 cm X W 19.5 cm
Donor:
Dorothy Mann Cordry
Collection place:
Michoacán, Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
Mexico, Michoacan, Tarascan
Culture or time period:
Purépecha
Collector:
Donald Bush Cordry
Collection date:
1959
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 Pastorela Dance. Acc envl: ["Old hermit mask for Pastorela Dance"].
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
height 37 centimeters and width 19.5 centimeters
Loans:
S1981-1982 #22: Civic Arts Center (Walnut Creek) (November 4, 1981–January 18, 1982) and S2010-2011 #8: SFO Museum (June 1, 2011–May 22, 2012)