Mask, anthropomorphic-male. Tan paint on wood. Semi-helmet type. Reddish cheeks, dark, heavy eyebrows, mustache and flowing beard. Moveable jaw. Red crown with blue rim. Gold design on top. N-shaped hole in top of crown. Eye slits between brows and eyes. Chips of paint missing from cheeks. H 74 cm (from crown) W 25.5 cm
Donor:
Dorothy Mann Cordry
Collection place:
San Martin Pachivia, Guerrero, Mexico
Culture or time period:
Nahua
Collector:
Donald Bush Cordry
Materials:
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 the Dance of the Moors and Christians. Acc envel: [" 'Rey Pilato' (Pilate) helmet mask."]
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
height 74 centimeters and width 25.5 centimeters
Comment:
3-A, moved to 10-D
Loans:
S2009-2010 #11a: SFO Museum (dates unknown) and S2009-2010 #11: SFO Museum (dates unknown)