Mask

Museum number:
3-22896
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1778
Description:
face mask, wooden, handcarved; unpainted, in shape of wolf (?) with long snout; "Danza Venado" (deer dance?) penciled in on back; height 22.9 cm x width 15.9 cm
Donor:
George M. Foster, Helen Cowles LeCron, James Defrees LeCron, Mary LeCron Foster, and Mrs. Eugene E. Jurs
Collection place:
Tocuaro, Michoacán, Mexico
Collector:
Helen Cowles LeCron and James Defrees LeCron
Collection date:
before 1963
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Accession date:
1963
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 12 titled Mask, accession number 3-22896, described as face mask, wooden, handcarved; unpainted, in shape of wolf (?) with long snout; "Danza Venado" (deer dance?) penciled in on back; height 22.9 cm x width 15.9 cmHearst Museum object 2 of 12 titled Mask, accession number 3-22896, described as face mask, wooden, handcarved; unpainted, in shape of wolf (?) with long snout; "Danza Venado" (deer dance?) penciled in on back; height 22.9 cm x width 15.9 cmHearst Museum object 3 of 12 titled Mask, accession number 3-22896, described as face mask, wooden, handcarved; unpainted, in shape of wolf (?) with long snout; "Danza Venado" (deer dance?) penciled in on back; height 22.9 cm x width 15.9 cmHearst Museum object 4 of 12 titled Mask, accession number 3-22896, described as face mask, wooden, handcarved; unpainted, in shape of wolf (?) with long snout; "Danza Venado" (deer dance?) penciled in on back; height 22.9 cm x width 15.9 cmHearst Museum object 5 of 12 titled Mask, accession number 3-22896, described as face mask, wooden, handcarved; unpainted, in shape of wolf (?) with long snout; "Danza Venado" (deer dance?) penciled in on back; height 22.9 cm x width 15.9 cmHearst Museum object 6 of 12 titled Mask, accession number 3-22896, described as face mask, wooden, handcarved; unpainted, in shape of wolf (?) with long snout; "Danza Venado" (deer dance?) penciled in on back; height 22.9 cm x width 15.9 cmHearst Museum object 7 of 12 titled Mask, accession number 3-22896, described as face mask, wooden, handcarved; unpainted, in shape of wolf (?) with long snout; "Danza Venado" (deer dance?) penciled in on back; height 22.9 cm x width 15.9 cmHearst Museum object 8 of 12 titled Mask, accession number 3-22896, described as face mask, wooden, handcarved; unpainted, in shape of wolf (?) with long snout; "Danza Venado" (deer dance?) penciled in on back; height 22.9 cm x width 15.9 cmHearst Museum object 9 of 12 titled Mask, accession number 3-22896, described as face mask, wooden, handcarved; unpainted, in shape of wolf (?) with long snout; "Danza Venado" (deer dance?) penciled in on back; height 22.9 cm x width 15.9 cmHearst Museum object 10 of 12 titled Mask, accession number 3-22896, described as face mask, wooden, handcarved; unpainted, in shape of wolf (?) with long snout; "Danza Venado" (deer dance?) penciled in on back; height 22.9 cm x width 15.9 cmHearst Museum object 11 of 12 titled Mask, accession number 3-22896, described as face mask, wooden, handcarved; unpainted, in shape of wolf (?) with long snout; "Danza Venado" (deer dance?) penciled in on back; height 22.9 cm x width 15.9 cmHearst Museum object 12 of 12 titled Mask, accession number 3-22896, described as face mask, wooden, handcarved; unpainted, in shape of wolf (?) with long snout; "Danza Venado" (deer dance?) penciled in on back; height 22.9 cm x width 15.9 cm
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 3-22896, described as face mask, wooden, handcarved; unpainted, in shape of wolf (?) with long snout; "Danza Venado" (deer dance?) penciled in on back; height 22.9 cm x width 15.9 cm

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