Donald Bush Cordry photographs of Mexican masks and mask-making
odd: label: Local Call Number(s)
content: NAA Photo Lot 82-14
name: label: Creator
content: Cordry, Donald Bush
place: label: Place
content: Mexico
topic: label: Topic
content: Festivals -- Mexico
label: Topic
content: Mask makers
label: Topic
content: Masks -- Mexico
creator: label: Creator
content: Cordry, Donald Bush
culture: label: Culture
content: Mexicans
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: Donald Bush Cordry (1907-1978) was an artist, photographer, and ethnographer of the arts and crafts of Indians of Mexico. In 1931, Cordry made his first trip to Mexico (Guerrero) and become fascinated by contemporary Mexican Indian art, especially mask making. In 1934, Cordry moved to New York to work as a marionette designer for puppeteer Tony Sarg and soon contacted George G. Heye to learn more about Mexican Indian art. From 1935 to 1938, Cordry collected Mexican masks and other art forms on behalf of the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation. On his first 1935 collecting trip for Heye, Cordry traveled throughout the states of Michoacan and Guerrero and collected carved and painted dance masks.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Color print (mounted)
label: Extent
content: 11 Gelatin silver prints ( mounted)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1941-1974
custodhist: label: Custodial History note
content: Probably donated by Donald Cordry in the 1970s. Transferred from Department of Anthropology Processing Lab, 1981.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.PhotoLot.82-14
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Color prints
label: Type
content: Gelatin silver prints
label: Type
content: Photographs
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Images of masks, mask making, and use of masks in various parts of Mexico. Also includes photograph of a painting by Donald Cordry depicting use of a mask and musical instruments.
relatedmaterial: label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Photographs of the Donald Cordry Mexican mask exhibit can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in Photo Lot 80-3.
label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: The Donald Cordry Mexican mask collection can be found in the Department of Anthropology in USNM ACC 355867.
label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Photographs taken by Cordry can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in Photo Lot 87-38.
label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Donald Cordry and his wife, Dorothy Mann Cordry, also donated clothing and musical instruments from Mexico to the Department of Anthropology in USNM ACC 361232 and USNM ACC 355866.
label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: The National Museum of the American Indian Archives holds the Donald Bush Cordry collection of photographs and negatives, 1933-1940, as well as artifacts collected by Cordry.
label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: The University of Texas at Austin holds the Donald Cordry Collection Relating to Mexican Masks, 1931-1978.