Mask: "Grotesque Character"
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: WOOD; CARVED FROM SINGLE PIECE WITH METAL PIECE ON ONE SIDE USED TO REPAIR BROKEN AREA. FACE PAINTED CREAMWHITE WITH AREAS OF RED AROUND FOREHEAD & EARS. ALSO AT CHEEKS, CHIN & NOSE COVERED WITH RED & OUTLINED IN BLACK; BROWS & MUSTACHE PAINTED GREY WITH BLACK LINES. EYES GREY WITH BLACK CENTERS OUTLINED IN BLACK. EYEHOLES JUST ABOVE EYES, MOUTH OPEN. 2 HOLES IN EITHER SIDE OF MASK & ONE AT TOP OF HEAD FOR FASTENING. "GROTESQUE CHARACTER...WORN DURING LOCAL CARNIVAL FESTIVITIES." (200 PESOS) (RENWICK EXHIBIT CATALOGUE)
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Xico, Veracruz, 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: E421160-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mask
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 19 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 15 cm