yellow bird-faced mask; zoomorphic - vulture. yellow base paint on wood. red and green raised marks between eyes. 6 feathers at base of head. white, protruding, open beak with pink tip and pink insides. Greooves around face. eye slits to the inside of eyes.
Donor:
Dorothy Mann Cordry
Collection place:
Totozintla, Guerrero, Mexico
Culture or time period:
Nahua
Collector:
Donald Bush Cordry
Materials:
Paint (coating) and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
March 1980
Context of use:
Used in Tecuani Dance. Ron Davidson says that this is a novelty mask made for slae in the marketplace. See letters from him, from Cayuque and from Mrs. Cordry (Feb. 1986) in the accession envelope.
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
width 34.5 centimeters and height 49.5 centimeters
Loans:
S1981-1982 #7: Humboldt State University (September 1, 1981–December 4, 1981) and S2010-2011 #8: SFO Museum (June 1, 2011–May 22, 2012)