Mask

Museum number:
3-16521
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21030016521
Accession number:
Acc.2039
Description:
Leather dance mask; used in Baile de Gigante; untanned leather with eye and mouth slits cut out; used with suede side out; 19 cm high.
Donor:
Norman D. Thomas and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Rayón, Chiapas, Mexico
Culture or time period:
Zoque
Collector:
Norman D. Thomas
Materials:
Leather
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Accession date:
1965
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 3-16521, described as Leather dance mask; used in Baile de Gigante; untanned leather with eye and mouth slits cut out; used with suede side out; 19 cm high.

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