Mask: "Parachico"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1 Sep 1982
label: Collection Date
content: Ca. 1982
name: label: Donor Name
content: Government Of Mexico
notes: label: Notes
content: CARVED WOODEN MAN'S FACE MASK, FACE PINK, MUSTACHE, BEARD & EYEBROWS ARE DARK BROWN; EYES BROWN WITHBROWN PAINTED UNDER LASHES & BROWN HAIR FALSE EYELASHES GLUED ON; EYEHOLES JUST BELOW PAINTED EYES; NOSTRILS OPEN;HOLE AT TOP & ONE AT EITHER SIDE FOR FASTENING. "PARACHICOOR CALALA...WORN IN DANCE PERFORMED IN FRONT OF THE MAIN CROSS INSIDE THE CHURCH & IN VILLAGE STREETS. PARACHICO ISTHE PRINCIPAL CHARACTER WEARS AN ENORMOUS WIG WOVEN OF IXTLE FIBER & HOLDS A WHIP WITH WHICH HE PRETENDS TO LASH OTHER PERFORMERS WHO REPRESENT ANIMALS SUCH AS DEAR, TIGERS, ETC." (1500 PESOS) (RENWICK EXHIBIT CATALOGUE)
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Chiapa De Corzo, Chiapas, Mexico, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Mexican
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 353025
label: USNM Number
content: E421094-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mask
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 20 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 15.5 cm