Mask; zoomorphic-goat. Multi-colored paints on wood. 2 green alligators on upper lip facing one another. Human figure in jaws, missing half of left left. Goat horns. Grooves on forehead. Crack down center and holes in corner of eye and forehead. height 53 cm. (from horns), width 44.8 cm. (measured from ears)
Donor:
Dorothy Mann Cordry
Collection place:
Hueycantenango, Guerrero, Mexico
Culture or time period:
Nahua
Collector:
Donald Bush Cordry
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume) and Zoomorphic
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama