Male face mask

Museum number:
3-28601
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
48 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3523
Description:
Mask, anthropomorphic: male. Flesh-colored paint on wood. White, rope-like mustache sticks straight out. Blonde beard and moveable jaw. Furrowed brow, blue eyes, and lines on cheeks. Red circles on cheeks. Eye slits between eyebrows and eyes. Height: 24.5 cm, Width: 19 cm (from ears).
Donor:
Dorothy Mann Cordry
Collection place:
Cacahuananche, Guerrero, Mexico
Collector:
Donald Bush Cordry
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume) and Men (male 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:
S1980-1981 #67: Santa Clara University (April 29, 1981–June 30, 1981) and S1981-1982 #22: Civic Arts Center (Walnut Creek) (November 4, 1981–January 18, 1982)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Male face mask, accession number 3-28601, described as Mask, anthropomorphic: male. Flesh-colored paint on wood. White, rope-like mustache sticks straight out. Blonde beard and moveable jaw. Furrowed brow, blue eyes, and lines on cheeks. Red circles on cheeks. Eye slits between eyebrows and eyes. Height: 24.5 cm, Width: 19 cm (from ears).
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Male face mask, accession number 3-28601, described as Mask, anthropomorphic: male. Flesh-colored paint on wood. White, rope-like mustache sticks straight out. Blonde beard and moveable jaw. Furrowed brow, blue eyes, and lines on cheeks. Red circles on cheeks. Eye slits between eyebrows and eyes. Height: 24.5 cm, Width: 19 cm (from ears).

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