Dance mask, wood, handcarved, male; incised hairline; dark cream painted face with black painted moustache, eyebrows, and hairline; fibre tie on back; Height 20.0 cm x Width 17.5 cm
Donor:
Norman D. Thomas and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Rayón, Chiapas, Mexico
Culture or time period:
Zoque
Collector:
Norman D. Thomas
Materials:
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:
1965
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Loans:
S1967-1968 #126: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology/Vera Mae Frederickson (April 22, 1968–April 23, 1968) and S1981-1982 #22: Civic Arts Center (Walnut Creek) (November 4, 1981–January 18, 1982)