Mask, zoomorphic: jaguar. Yellow base paint of wood. Black stripes and diamonds. Red lips and large teeth in open mouth. Holes in nostrils and eye slits between eyes and eyebrows. Lines on forehead. Height: 17.5 cm., Width: 21 cm. (measured from ears).
Donor:
Dorothy Mann Cordry
Collection place:
Pinotepa Nacional, Oaxaca, Mexico
Culture or time period:
Mixtec
Collector:
Donald Bush Cordry
Collection date:
1955
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
Loans:
S1981-1982 #5: Department of Art, San Diego State University (August 7, 1981–January 15, 1982) and S1982-1983 #35: California State University, Chico (April 5, 1983–July 26, 1984)