Mask

Museum number:
3-28626
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21030028626
Alternate number:
73 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3523
Description:
Mask, anthropomorphic. Red base paint on wood. Green and white snakes surround mouth, facing one another near nose. Black mustache and beard. 2 silver-colored lower fangs in mouth opening. Black, upward-curving horns nailed on. Black and silver around eyes. Cracked paint on tip of nose. Pierce blue foil on left jaw. Height: 30 cm. (from horns), Width: 15.8 cm.
Donor:
Dorothy Mann Cordry
Collection place:
Zacapu municipality, Michoacán, Mexico
Culture or time period:
Purépecha
Collector:
Donald Bush Cordry
Collection date:
1978
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:
March 1980
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 3-28626, described as Mask, anthropomorphic. Red base paint on wood. Green and white snakes surround mouth, facing one another near nose. Black mustache and beard. 2 silver-colored lower fangs in mouth opening. Black, upward-curving horns nailed on. Black and silver around eyes. Cracked paint on tip of nose. Pierce blue foil on left jaw. Height: 30 cm. (from horns), Width: 15.8 cm.

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