Female face mask

Museum number:
3-28587
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
34 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3523
Description:
Mask, anthropomorphic: female. Multi-colored sections of paint on wood. Red mark above right eye. Dimples in cheeks and lines around mouth. Black hair, parted in middle. Yellow chin with crack on left side. Round eye holes. Paint chipped off parts of chin. Height: 44. cm., Width: 26.7 cm.
Donor:
Dorothy Mann Cordry
Collection place:
El Naranjo, Guerrero, Mexico
Culture or time period:
Nahua
Collector:
Donald Bush Cordry
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume) and Women (female humans)
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)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Female face mask, accession number 3-28587, described as Mask, anthropomorphic: female. Multi-colored sections of paint on wood. Red mark above right eye. Dimples in cheeks and lines around mouth. Black hair, parted in middle. Yellow chin with crack on left side. Round eye holes. Paint chipped off parts of chin. Height: 44. cm., Width: 26.7 cm. Notice: Image restricted due to its potentially sensitive nature. Contact Museum to request access.

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