Mask, anthropomorphic: male. Red base paint on wood. Jaguar headdress with projecting ears. Yellow with black spots and black nose. Keyhole-shaped ornaments on sides of headdress. Eye slits at eyebrows. Thick lips and bottom teeth showing. Height 37 cm., Width: 17 cm.
Donor:
Dorothy Mann Cordry
Collection place:
Ajuchitlan, 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
Loans:
S1982-1983 #35: California State University, Chico (April 5, 1983–July 26, 1984)