Dance Mask: Helmet Mask
date: label: Collection Date
content: Early 1950's
name: label: Collector
content: Mr. Donald B. Cordry
label: Collector
content: Mrs. Dorothy M. Cordry
label: Donor Name
content: Mr. Donald B. Cordry
notes: label: Notes
content: WOOD - 2 PIECES JOINED W/GLUE COVERED W/GESSO & PAINTED - DOUBLE FACED FIGURE - ONE SIDE IS RED - FACE RED W/MOUTH & TEETH OUTLINED IN BLACK - THE FACE HAS A MONKEY HOLDING A SQUASH ON THE LEFT SIDE OF FACE W/HIS TAIL IN THE MOUTH OF THE RED FACE. AN ALLIGATOR IS GOING UP THE RIGHT SIDE OF THIS FACE. THE REVERSE OF THE MASK SHOWS ANOTHER FACE PAINTED A GREYISH-WHITE WITH A LION GOING UP THE CENTER OF THE FACE, OVER THE NOSE ATTACKING A MAN WHO IS DEPICTED ON THE FOREHEAD OF THE GREY FACE. HOLES AT THE MOUTH FOR SEEING. "OLD HELMET MASK EXACT USE UNKNOWN" (CORDRY 1961) PROBABLY USED IN LORD OF THE ANIMALS DANCE.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Almolonga, Guerrero, Mexico, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Nahua
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 355867
label: USNM Number
content: E419862-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mask
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 58.4 cm
label: Circumference - Object
content: 135 cm