Mask, zoomorphic: grasshopper. Red paint on wood. Gold face on top of thorax. 2 lower fangs w/ long, red tongue sticking out. Pointed nose. 2 segmented horns. Eye slits under eyes. Insect forelegs dark and inside red. Wings brown and red. Holes on side thorax and abdomen. H 87 cm (from abdomen to antennae) W 32 cm (across legs).
Donor:
Dorothy Mann Cordry
Collection place:
La Parota, Guerrero, Mexico
Culture or time period:
Nahua
Collector:
Donald Bush Cordry
Materials:
Paint (coating) and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
March 1980
Context of use:
Used in a dance celebrating the ripening of crops in the Fall. Acc. to Cayuqui (see letter in acc envelope) this whole series is spurious. See letter from him, Ron Davidson and Mrs. Cordry (Feb 1986) in acc envelope. Acc. envelope: ["1900 plus or minus. Large zompantle wood grasshopper mask made by a member of the Behena family for a dance to celebrate the ripening of crops in the Fall. Masks for this dance include insects and animals."]
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
per Conservation; see report for other dimensions— height 89 centimeters, per Conservation; see report for other dimensions— depth 31 centimeters, and height 87 centimeters
Loans:
S2009-2010 #11a: SFO Museum (dates unknown) and S2009-2010 #11: SFO Museum (dates unknown)