Dance Mask: Goatman
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: SMALL WOODEN MASK W/LARGE CURVED HORNS TOPPED BY A WIRE WHICH CONNECTS THE HORNS & FROM WHICH ARE HUNG SIX SLEIGH BELLS & RIBBONS. THE MASK FACE HAS DOWN-TURNED EYES, A LONG TWISTED NOSE & A BROAD GRINNING MOUTH. FACE IS BLACK, TEETH & EYES PAINTED GOLD. AT THE CHIN IS ATTACHED BY LEATHER & NAILS A LONG BEARD OF BLACK HORSE HAIR. HORNS ARE PAINTED IN STRIPES OF RED, SILVER, BLUE, ORANGE, GREEN, GOLD. EYEHOLES AT EYES. STRINGS FOR FASTENING TO HEAD IS TIED AROUND HORNS. "CARNIVAL MASK - DANCE MAY BE CALLED MACHO CABRIO" (GOAT MAN DANCE). REF: D. CORDRY, MEXICAN MASKS, P. 75, FIG. 104b.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: El Nante, Hidalgo, Mexico, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Otomi
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 355867
label: USNM Number
content: E419994-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mask
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 38.1 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 21.6 cm