Mask; anthropomorphic, male; carved of light wood, stained dark and rubbed with red ochre. Wide, protruding lips, broad flat nose; two ducks on forehead, bird and blossom on each cheek. Narrow strip of red fabric (broken) attached to mask as tie. height 17 cm., width 14 cm.
Donor:
Mrs. Walter Seeley
Collection place:
Oaxaca, Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
Zapotec Indians of Oaxaca
Culture or time period:
Zapotec
Collector:
Eleanor F. Sleight
Collection date:
1973-1978
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Anthropomorphic, Carvings (visual works), and Masks (costume)
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Loans:
S2009-2010 #11a: SFO Museum (dates unknown) and S2009-2010 #11: SFO Museum (dates unknown)