Anthropomorphic mask

Museum number:
3-28420
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3496
Description:
Mask; anthropomorphic; carved of light wood, stained dark and rubbed with red ochre. Full relief figures of cat, seated, carved on featureless face of mask. height 21 cm., width 16 cm.
Donor:
Mrs. Walter Seeley
Collection place:
Oaxaca, Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
Zapotec Indians of Oaxaca
Culture or time period:
Zapotec
Collector:
Eleanor F. Sleight
Collection date:
1973-1978
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Anthropomorphic, Carvings (visual works), and Masks (costume)
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Loans:
S2009-2010 #11a: SFO Museum (dates unknown) and S2009-2010 #11: SFO Museum (dates unknown)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Anthropomorphic mask, accession number 3-28420, described as Mask; anthropomorphic; carved of light wood, stained dark and rubbed with red ochre. Full relief figures of cat, seated, carved on featureless face of mask. height 21 cm., width 16 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Anthropomorphic mask, accession number 3-28420, described as Mask; anthropomorphic; carved of light wood, stained dark and rubbed with red ochre. Full relief figures of cat, seated, carved on featureless face of mask. height 21 cm., width 16 cm.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Anthropomorphic mask, accession number 3-28420, described as Mask; anthropomorphic; carved of light wood, stained dark and rubbed with red ochre. Full relief figures of cat, seated, carved on featureless face of mask. height 21 cm., width 16 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Anthropomorphic mask, accession number 3-28420, described as Mask; anthropomorphic; carved of light wood, stained dark and rubbed with red ochre. Full relief figures of cat, seated, carved on featureless face of mask. height 21 cm., width 16 cm.

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