Mask

Museum number:
3-28617
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21030028617
Alternate number:
64 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3523
Description:
Mask: anthropomorphic-male. Leather. Reddish brown color with seam down middle of face. Nose slightly bent. 2 holes on upper lip and horizontal lines on forehead. Feather headress. Rough spots on ledt eyebrow and left side of forehead. Creases around grinning mouth. H 26 cm (from tip of feathers) W 13.5 cm.
Donor:
Dorothy Mann Cordry
Collection place:
Tixtla, Guerrero, Mexico
Collector:
Donald Bush Cordry
Collection date:
1944
Materials:
Leather
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
Context of use:
Used in the Danza de los Apaches. Acc. envl: ["Old leather Apache mask. Danza de los Apaches"]
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
width 13.5 centimeters and height 26 centimeters
Comment:
H-20-7
Loans:
S1981-1982 #22: Civic Arts Center (Walnut Creek) (November 4, 1981–January 18, 1982), S2009-2010 #11a: SFO Museum (dates unknown), and S2009-2010 #11: SFO Museum (dates unknown)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 8 titled Mask, accession number 3-28617, described as Mask: anthropomorphic-male. Leather. Reddish brown color with seam down middle of face. Nose slightly bent. 2 holes on upper lip and horizontal lines on forehead. Feather headress. Rough spots on ledt eyebrow and left side of forehead. Creases around grinning mouth. H 26 cm (from tip of feathers) W 13.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 8 titled Mask, accession number 3-28617, described as Mask: anthropomorphic-male. Leather. Reddish brown color with seam down middle of face. Nose slightly bent. 2 holes on upper lip and horizontal lines on forehead. Feather headress. Rough spots on ledt eyebrow and left side of forehead. Creases around grinning mouth. H 26 cm (from tip of feathers) W 13.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 3 of 8 titled Mask, accession number 3-28617, described as Mask: anthropomorphic-male. Leather. Reddish brown color with seam down middle of face. Nose slightly bent. 2 holes on upper lip and horizontal lines on forehead. Feather headress. Rough spots on ledt eyebrow and left side of forehead. Creases around grinning mouth. H 26 cm (from tip of feathers) W 13.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 4 of 8 titled Mask, accession number 3-28617, described as Mask: anthropomorphic-male. Leather. Reddish brown color with seam down middle of face. Nose slightly bent. 2 holes on upper lip and horizontal lines on forehead. Feather headress. Rough spots on ledt eyebrow and left side of forehead. Creases around grinning mouth. H 26 cm (from tip of feathers) W 13.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 5 of 8 titled Mask, accession number 3-28617, described as Mask: anthropomorphic-male. Leather. Reddish brown color with seam down middle of face. Nose slightly bent. 2 holes on upper lip and horizontal lines on forehead. Feather headress. Rough spots on ledt eyebrow and left side of forehead. Creases around grinning mouth. H 26 cm (from tip of feathers) W 13.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 6 of 8 titled Mask, accession number 3-28617, described as Mask: anthropomorphic-male. Leather. Reddish brown color with seam down middle of face. Nose slightly bent. 2 holes on upper lip and horizontal lines on forehead. Feather headress. Rough spots on ledt eyebrow and left side of forehead. Creases around grinning mouth. H 26 cm (from tip of feathers) W 13.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 7 of 8 titled Mask, accession number 3-28617, described as Mask: anthropomorphic-male. Leather. Reddish brown color with seam down middle of face. Nose slightly bent. 2 holes on upper lip and horizontal lines on forehead. Feather headress. Rough spots on ledt eyebrow and left side of forehead. Creases around grinning mouth. H 26 cm (from tip of feathers) W 13.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 8 of 8 titled Mask, accession number 3-28617, described as Mask: anthropomorphic-male. Leather. Reddish brown color with seam down middle of face. Nose slightly bent. 2 holes on upper lip and horizontal lines on forehead. Feather headress. Rough spots on ledt eyebrow and left side of forehead. Creases around grinning mouth. H 26 cm (from tip of feathers) W 13.5 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 3-28617, described as Mask: anthropomorphic-male. Leather. Reddish brown color with seam down middle of face. Nose slightly bent. 2 holes on upper lip and horizontal lines on forehead. Feather headress. Rough spots on ledt eyebrow and left side of forehead. Creases around grinning mouth. H 26 cm (from tip of feathers) W 13.5 cm.

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