Mask

Museum number:
3-28614
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
61 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3523
Description:
Mask, anthropomorphic: male. Black base painted on wood. Red forehead, nose and mouth. Lips thick and rounded. Armadillo skin nailed to forehead, cheeks, eyes, nose, nostrils and chin. Crack on left side and holes. Eye slits under eyebrows. Height 24.9 cm, width 15.1 cm.
Donor:
Dorothy Mann Cordry
Collection place:
El Liman, Guerrero, Mexico
Culture or time period:
Nahua
Collector:
Donald Bush Cordry
Collection date:
1978
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:
March 1980
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Mask, accession number 3-28614, described as Mask, anthropomorphic: male. Black base painted on wood. Red forehead, nose and mouth. Lips thick and rounded. Armadillo skin nailed to forehead, cheeks, eyes, nose, nostrils and chin. Crack on left side and holes. Eye slits under eyebrows. Height 24.9 cm, width 15.1 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Mask, accession number 3-28614, described as Mask, anthropomorphic: male. Black base painted on wood. Red forehead, nose and mouth. Lips thick and rounded. Armadillo skin nailed to forehead, cheeks, eyes, nose, nostrils and chin. Crack on left side and holes. Eye slits under eyebrows. Height 24.9 cm, width 15.1 cm.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Mask, accession number 3-28614, described as Mask, anthropomorphic: male. Black base painted on wood. Red forehead, nose and mouth. Lips thick and rounded. Armadillo skin nailed to forehead, cheeks, eyes, nose, nostrils and chin. Crack on left side and holes. Eye slits under eyebrows. Height 24.9 cm, width 15.1 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 3-28614, described as Mask, anthropomorphic: male. Black base painted on wood. Red forehead, nose and mouth. Lips thick and rounded. Armadillo skin nailed to forehead, cheeks, eyes, nose, nostrils and chin. Crack on left side and holes. Eye slits under eyebrows. Height 24.9 cm, width 15.1 cm.

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