Mask

Museum number:
2-33950
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2057
Description:
Cotton sack mask. Painted reddish brown; 5 imitation gourds of cotton-stuffed cloth; flat circular cotton-stuffed nose; circular leather eyes.
Donor:
Tom Bahti and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Northeastern Arizona
Verbatim coll. place:
Arizona; Northern Arizona; Northeastern Arizona
Culture or time period:
Hopi
Collector:
Tom Bahti
Collection date:
January 25, 1965
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
1965
Context of use:
Hopi Mud Head Clown mask. (Koyemsi Kachina).
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 22 inches
Comment:
Remarks: See Colton, "Hopi Kachina Dolls", #59 (photocopy in accession envelope).
Loans:
S1981-1982 #47: Heffernan Films (March 3, 1982–March 10, 1982)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-33950, described as Cotton sack mask. Painted reddish brown; 5 imitation gourds of cotton-stuffed cloth; flat circular cotton-stuffed nose; circular leather eyes.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-33950, described as Cotton sack mask. Painted reddish brown; 5 imitation gourds of cotton-stuffed cloth; flat circular cotton-stuffed nose; circular leather eyes.

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