Mask

Museum number:

3-30169

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Accession number:

Acc.4621

Description:

Mask: Anthropomorphic: male. Leather mask cut from soccer ball. Eyes and mouth cut out. Seed pod tied on as nose. Painted eyebrows and mustache. Valve on chin. H 29 cm. W. 12 cm.

Donor:

Thomas McCorkle

Collection place:

Mexico

Collector:

Thomas McCorkle

Collection date:

1967

Materials:

Leather and Paint (coating)

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Masks (costume)

Function:

5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama

Accession date:

September 1, 1993

Context of use:

Used in La Magadalena Fiesta

Department:

Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area