Mask

Museum number:
3-22890
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1778
Description:
face mask, wood, handcarved; unpainted with filler material to cover up flaws in wood; stylized human face with horns, fangs, and protruding tongue; "Danza de Cheroques"; height 31.7 cm x width 19.7 cm
Donor:
George M. Foster, Helen Cowles LeCron, James Defrees LeCron, Mary LeCron Foster, and Mrs. Eugene E. Jurs
Collection place:
Tocuaro, Michoacán, Mexico
Collector:
Helen Cowles LeCron and James Defrees LeCron
Collection date:
before 1963
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Accession date:
1963
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 8 titled Mask, accession number 3-22890, described as face mask, wood, handcarved; unpainted with filler material to cover up flaws in wood; stylized human face with horns, fangs, and protruding tongue; "Danza de Cheroques"; height 31.7 cm x width 19.7 cmHearst Museum object 2 of 8 titled Mask, accession number 3-22890, described as face mask, wood, handcarved; unpainted with filler material to cover up flaws in wood; stylized human face with horns, fangs, and protruding tongue; "Danza de Cheroques"; height 31.7 cm x width 19.7 cmHearst Museum object 3 of 8 titled Mask, accession number 3-22890, described as face mask, wood, handcarved; unpainted with filler material to cover up flaws in wood; stylized human face with horns, fangs, and protruding tongue; "Danza de Cheroques"; height 31.7 cm x width 19.7 cmHearst Museum object 4 of 8 titled Mask, accession number 3-22890, described as face mask, wood, handcarved; unpainted with filler material to cover up flaws in wood; stylized human face with horns, fangs, and protruding tongue; "Danza de Cheroques"; height 31.7 cm x width 19.7 cmHearst Museum object 5 of 8 titled Mask, accession number 3-22890, described as face mask, wood, handcarved; unpainted with filler material to cover up flaws in wood; stylized human face with horns, fangs, and protruding tongue; "Danza de Cheroques"; height 31.7 cm x width 19.7 cmHearst Museum object 6 of 8 titled Mask, accession number 3-22890, described as face mask, wood, handcarved; unpainted with filler material to cover up flaws in wood; stylized human face with horns, fangs, and protruding tongue; "Danza de Cheroques"; height 31.7 cm x width 19.7 cmHearst Museum object 7 of 8 titled Mask, accession number 3-22890, described as face mask, wood, handcarved; unpainted with filler material to cover up flaws in wood; stylized human face with horns, fangs, and protruding tongue; "Danza de Cheroques"; height 31.7 cm x width 19.7 cmHearst Museum object 8 of 8 titled Mask, accession number 3-22890, described as face mask, wood, handcarved; unpainted with filler material to cover up flaws in wood; stylized human face with horns, fangs, and protruding tongue; "Danza de Cheroques"; height 31.7 cm x width 19.7 cm
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 3-22890, described as face mask, wood, handcarved; unpainted with filler material to cover up flaws in wood; stylized human face with horns, fangs, and protruding tongue; "Danza de Cheroques"; height 31.7 cm x width 19.7 cm

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