Unpainted mask

Museum number:
3-16493
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21030016493
Accession number:
Acc.2039
Description:
Dance mask, wood, handcarved, unpainted; incisions at top to represent hair; -16492 nostril holes drilled through mask; cotton tie string at back; Height 19.0 cm x Width 15.5 cm -16493 fiber tie string at back; Height 19.0 cm x Width 13.8 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
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Unpainted mask, accession number 3-16493, described as Dance mask, wood, handcarved, unpainted; incisions at top to represent hair; -16492 nostril holes drilled through mask; cotton tie string at back; Height 19.0 cm x Width 15.5 cm -16493 fiber tie string at back; Height 19.0 cm x Width 13.8 cm

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