Mask, wood, handcarved in shape of devil with bovine horns for horns, and cow's teeth in jaws; exaggerated mouth painted blue; black eye balls; protruding nose; painted red background; H 20.6 cm x W (at horns)
Donor:
Mrs. Leroy W. Hahn
Collection place:
Uruapan, Michoacán, Mexico
Collector:
Leroy W. Hahn and Mrs. Leroy W. Hahn
Collection date:
1950
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
1956
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Loans:
S1964-1965 #10: Science Center (Diablo Valley College) (September 4, 1964–October 30, 1964), S1964-1965 #27: UC Berkeley Extension/Cecilia Ross (November 10, 1964–January 6, 1965), and S1970-1971 #33: Palo Alto Junior Museum and Zoo (October 19, 1970–January 11, 1971)