Anthropomorphic Malinche mask; (a) mask: red base paint on wood; gold dimples on each cheek; small green lizards on each cheek, bee on bridge of nose; small eye slits above eyes; holes across top of head; H 17 cm, W 13 cm; (b) hairpiece: dyed "ixtle" fiber in red, green, purple, and yellow; length 138 cm.
Donor:
Dorothy Mann Cordry
Collection place:
Guerrero, Mexico, North America
Verbatim coll. place:
Mexico, Guerrero, Nahua
Culture or time period:
Nahua
Collector:
Donald Bush Cordry
Collection date:
before 1978
Materials:
Paint (coating) and 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
Context of use:
Malinche mask used in the Tenochtli Dance
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
height 17 centimeters and width 13 centimeters
Comment:
H-20-1
Loans:
S1981-1982 #22: Civic Arts Center (Walnut Creek) (November 4, 1981–January 18, 1982), S2009-2010 #11b: SFO Museum (dates unknown), and S2009-2010 #11: SFO Museum (dates unknown)