Mask

Museum number:
3-28648
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21030028648
Accession number:
Acc.3553
Description:
Mask, male face with nose and mouth twisted in off center position, represents a deformed person. Carved wood, painted pale pink, features painted in black, red, and white, black mustache. Length: 21 cm., Width: 15.5 cm.
Donor:
Burton Benedict
Collection place:
San Antonio Arrazola, Oaxaca, Mexico
Collector:
Burton Benedict
Collection date:
1973
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
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 3-28648, described as Mask, male face with nose and mouth twisted in off center position, represents a deformed person. Carved wood, painted pale pink, features painted in black, red, and white, black mustache. Length: 21 cm., Width: 15.5 cm.

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