Toy mask

Museum number:
3-22914
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21030022914
Accession number:
Acc.1778
Description:
Toy, mask “El Toro”; Carved from 4 pieces of wood ( face, 2 horns, tongue). Horns are tenoned andglued in place, tongue is simply inserted in mouth andglued. Painted overall exterior. 3 hole at edges through which very worn yellow cotton string is knotted.
Donor:
George M. Foster, Helen Cowles LeCron, James Defrees LeCron, Mary LeCron Foster, and Mrs. Eugene E. Jurs
Collection place:
Chichicastenango, Quiché, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Chichicastenango, Guatemala
Collector:
Helen Cowles LeCron and James Defrees LeCron
Collection date:
before 1963
Materials:
Cotton (textile), Paint (coating), and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Accession date:
1963
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Toy mask, accession number 3-22914, described as Toy, mask “El Toro”; Carved from 4 pieces of wood ( face, 2 horns, tongue). Horns are tenoned andglued in place, tongue is simply inserted in mouth andglued. Painted overall exterior. 3 hole at edges through which very worn yellow cotton string is knotted.

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