Anthropomorphic mask. White base paint on wood. Black lines around nose and cheeks. Double skull with crease down center where the two meet. Four round eye holes. Paint worn off in many spots. For Death festival
Donor:
Dorothy Mann Cordry
Collection place:
Atenxoxola, Guerrero, Mexico
Culture or time period:
Nahua and Popoluca
Collector:
Donald Bush Cordry
Collection date:
before 1978
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)