Mask: zoomorphic-cat. Yellow base paint on wood. Green and red designs on face. Grooves on forehead and chin. Glass eye sockets. Gaping mouth filled with 8 cylindrical teeth and red tongue. Flared nostrils. H 28 cm (measrued from ear) W 17 cm.
Donor:
Dorothy Mann Cordry
Collection place:
El Palmar, Guerrero, Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
Mexico, Guerrero, El Palmar, Nahua
Culture or time period:
Nahua
Collector:
Donald Bush Cordry
Materials:
Glass (material), 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:
Used in Tiger Dance.
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
height 28 centimeters and width 17 centimeters
Comment:
H-22-7
Loans:
S1981-1982 #7: Humboldt State University (September 1, 1981–December 4, 1981) and S2010-2011 #8: SFO Museum (June 1, 2011–May 22, 2012)