Mask

Museum number:
3-29294
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3975
Description:
Mask, zoomorphic; animal face with long muzzle, spikes and thorns on forehead and chin; open at eyes and cheeks; painted papier mache with yellow ground with green black, red and white polka-dots; black serrated teeth on white ground outlined in red; black spikes with center one with black, yellow, red and blue thorns; elastic on back; signed "Edwin Sanchez 8-83" on back; Height 61 cm.
Donor:
David D. Herod
Collection place:
Museo del Hombre Dominicano, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Maker or artist:
Edwin Sanchez
Collector:
David D. Herod
Collection date:
August 1983
Materials:
Papier maché
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 3-29294, described as Mask, zoomorphic; animal face with long muzzle, spikes and thorns on forehead and chin; open at eyes and cheeks; painted papier mache with yellow ground with green black, red and white polka-dots; black serrated teeth on white ground outlined in red; black spikes with center one with black, yellow, red and blue thorns; elastic on back; signed "Edwin Sanchez 8-83" on back; Height 61 cm.

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