Dance mask, leather, male; holes cut for eyes and mouth; bottom trimmed to resemble beard; holes drilled at top for tie (not present); L 22.4 cm X W ca 15.0 cm
Donor:
Norman D. Thomas and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Rayón, Chiapas, Mexico
Culture or time period:
Zoque
Collector:
Norman D. Thomas
Collection date:
April 1965
Materials:
Leather
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
1965
Context of use:
Used in "Baile de Gigant:, but see acc envelope for contradictory opinion