Dance Mask: Fish Dance
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 - CARVED FROM SINGLE PIECE W/ADDITION OF ANIMAL TEETH, 3 SMALL ONES & TWO FANGS. MAN'S FACE W/ LONG BEARD & A CAIMAN GOING UP EITHER SIDE OF FACE & FORMING PART OF MUSTACHE. FACE & EARS ARE PINK. HAIR, EYEBROWS, EYES & BEARD ARE BLACK. LIPS RED W/WHITE ANIMAL TEETH INSERTED. THE CAIMEN ARE GREEN W/BROWN & GREEN SPOTS, OUTLINED IN BLACK & WHITE. THEY HAVE YELLOW UNDERSIDES. THEIR MOUTHS ARE RED ALSO W/ADDITION OF ANIMAL TEETH. THE LEFT & RIGHT FOOT FORM THE MUSTACHE OF THE FACE. EYEHOLES BELOW PAINTED EYES - MOUTH IS OPEN.HOLE AT TOP & ONE AT EITHER SIDE FOR FASTENING. "MASK FORCHINTETE DANCE BY 75 YEAR OLD CARVER BALDONERO MENDOZA - 1976" (DANCE OF FISH).
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Chapa, Guerrero, Mexico, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Not Given
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 355867
label: USNM Number
content: E420020-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mask
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 69.8 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 32.4 cm