mask, antrhopomorphic; u-shaped wood horns, pronounced nose and cheeks, oval open mouth with wood teeth; remnant red pigment on mouth; fiber eyebrows; remnant fiber moustache and beard; worn by volador flyers from neighboring San Jeronimo.
Donor:
John Barr Tompkins
Collection place:
San Mateo Atenco, Mexico City, Mexico
Culture or time period:
Otomi
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:
1974
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Loans:
S1976-1977 #82: University of Oregon/John Barr Tompkins (May 23, 1977–June 6, 1977)