Anthropomorphic mask

Museum number:
3-28558
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
1 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3523
Description:
anthropomorphic: male. flesh-colored base paint on wood. pink cheeks, black hair, eyebrows, mustache and beard. moveable jaw held with wooden pegs. lines on forehead. thin eye slits below eyes. crack on left side, starting near mouth. paint missing on forehead.
Donor:
Dorothy Mann Cordry
Collection place:
Guerrero, Mexico, North America
Culture or time period:
Nahua
Collector:
Donald Bush Cordry
Collection date:
1971
Materials:
Paint (coating) and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Anthropomorphic and Masks (costume)
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
Dimensions:
width 15 centimeters and height 29.5 centimeters
Loans:
S2009-2010 #11: SFO Museum (dates unknown)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 5 titled Anthropomorphic mask, accession number 3-28558, described as anthropomorphic: male. flesh-colored base paint on wood. pink cheeks, black hair, eyebrows, mustache and beard. moveable jaw held with wooden pegs. lines on forehead. thin eye slits below eyes. crack on left side, starting near mouth. paint missing on forehead.Hearst Museum object 2 of 5 titled Anthropomorphic mask, accession number 3-28558, described as anthropomorphic: male. flesh-colored base paint on wood. pink cheeks, black hair, eyebrows, mustache and beard. moveable jaw held with wooden pegs. lines on forehead. thin eye slits below eyes. crack on left side, starting near mouth. paint missing on forehead.Hearst Museum object 3 of 5 titled Anthropomorphic mask, accession number 3-28558, described as anthropomorphic: male. flesh-colored base paint on wood. pink cheeks, black hair, eyebrows, mustache and beard. moveable jaw held with wooden pegs. lines on forehead. thin eye slits below eyes. crack on left side, starting near mouth. paint missing on forehead.Hearst Museum object 4 of 5 titled Anthropomorphic mask, accession number 3-28558, described as anthropomorphic: male. flesh-colored base paint on wood. pink cheeks, black hair, eyebrows, mustache and beard. moveable jaw held with wooden pegs. lines on forehead. thin eye slits below eyes. crack on left side, starting near mouth. paint missing on forehead.Hearst Museum object 5 of 5 titled Anthropomorphic mask, accession number 3-28558, described as anthropomorphic: male. flesh-colored base paint on wood. pink cheeks, black hair, eyebrows, mustache and beard. moveable jaw held with wooden pegs. lines on forehead. thin eye slits below eyes. crack on left side, starting near mouth. paint missing on forehead.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Anthropomorphic mask, accession number 3-28558, described as anthropomorphic: male. flesh-colored base paint on wood. pink cheeks, black hair, eyebrows, mustache and beard. moveable jaw held with wooden pegs. lines on forehead. thin eye slits below eyes. crack on left side, starting near mouth. paint missing on forehead.

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